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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)



☒	QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2019



☐	TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from to

Commission File Number: 0-24260

AMEDISYS, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)




Delaware		11-3131700
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

3854 American Way, Suite A, Baton Rouge, LA 70816

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(225) 292-2031 or (800) 467-2662

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:



Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share	AMED	The NASDAQ Global Select Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):




Large accelerated filer	☒	Accelerated filer	☐

Non-accelerated filer	☐	Smaller reporting company	☐

Emerging growth company	☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☒

The number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date, is as follows: Common stock, $0.001 par value, 32,255,257 shares outstanding as of October 25, 2019.

TABLE OF CONTENTS




SPECIAL CAUTION CONCERNING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS		1
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PART I.	FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1.	FINANCIAL STATEMENTS:
	CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2019 (UNAUDITED) AND DECEMBER 31, 2018	2
	CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS FOR THE THREE AND NINE-MONTH PERIODS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2019 AND 2018 (UNAUDITED)	3
	CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY FOR THE THREE AND NINE-MONTH PERIODS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2019 AND 2018 (UNAUDITED)	4
	CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS FOR THE NINE-MONTH PERIODS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2019 AND 2018 (UNAUDITED)	5
ITEM 2.	MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS	24
ITEM 3	QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK	40
ITEM 4.	CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES	40

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 1.	LEGAL PROCEEDINGS	42
ITEM 1A.	RISK FACTORS	42
ITEM 2.	UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS	42
ITEM 3.	DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES	42
ITEM 4.	MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES	42
ITEM 5.	OTHER INFORMATION	42
ITEM 6.	EXHIBITS	43
SIGNATURES		44

SPECIAL CAUTION CONCERNING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

When included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, or in other documents that we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) or in statements made by or on behalf of the Company, words like “believes,” “belief,” “expects,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “projects,” “estimates,” “may,” “might,” “would,” “should” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements as defined by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements involve a variety of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described therein. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to the following: changes in or our failure to comply with existing federal and state laws or regulations or the inability to comply with new government regulations on a timely basis, changes in Medicare and other medical payment levels, our ability to open care centers, acquire additional care centers and integrate and operate these care centers effectively, competition in the healthcare industry, changes in the case mix of patients and payment methodologies, changes in estimates and judgments associated with critical accounting policies, our ability to maintain or establish new patient referral sources, our ability to consistently provide high-quality care, our ability to attract and retain qualified personnel, changes in payments and covered services by federal and state governments, future cost containment initiatives undertaken by third-party payors, our access to financing, our ability to meet debt service requirements and comply with covenants in debt agreements, business disruptions due to natural disasters or acts of terrorism, our ability to integrate, manage and keep our information systems secure, our ability to realize the anticipated benefits of the acquisition of Compassionate Care Hospice ("CCH"), our ability to comply with requirements stipulated in the CCH corporate integrity agreement, and changes in law or developments with respect to any litigation relating to the Company, including various other matters, many of which are beyond our control.

Because forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties, some of which cannot be predicted or quantified, you should not rely on any forward-looking statement as a prediction of future events. We expressly disclaim any obligation or undertaking and we do not intend to release publicly any updates or changes in our expectations concerning the forward-looking statements or any changes in events, conditions or circumstances upon which any forward-looking statement may be based, except as required by law. For a discussion of some of the factors discussed above as well as additional factors, see our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018, filed with the SEC on February 28, 2019, particularly, Part I, Item 1A - Risk Factors therein, which are incorporated herein by reference and Part II, Item 1A. Risk Factors of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Additional risk factors may also be described in reports that we file from time to time with the SEC.

Available Information

Our company website address is www.amedisys.com. We use our website as a channel of distribution for important company information. Important information, including press releases, analyst presentations and financial information regarding our company, is routinely posted on and accessible on the Investor Relations subpage of our website, which is accessible by clicking on the tab labeled “Investors” on our website home page. Visitors to our website can also register to receive automatic e-mail and other notifications alerting them when new information is made available on the Investor Relations subpage of our website. In addition, we make available on the Investor Relations subpage of our website (under the link “SEC filings”), free of charge, our annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K, ownership reports on Forms 3, 4 and 5 and any amendments to those reports as soon as reasonably practicable after we electronically file or furnish such reports with the SEC. Further, copies of our Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws, our Code of Ethical Business Conduct, our Corporate Governance Guidelines and the charters for the Audit, Compensation, Quality of Care, Compliance and Ethics and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees of our Board are also available on the Investor Relations subpage of our website (under the link “Governance”). Reference to our website does not constitute incorporation by reference of the information contained on the website and should not be considered part of this document. Our electronically filed reports can also be obtained on the SEC’s internet site at http://www.sec.gov.

PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

AMEDISYS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Amounts in thousands, except share data)



	September 30, 2019 (unaudited)			December 31, 2018
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	20,757		$	20,229
Patient accounts receivable	254,703			188,972
Prepaid expenses	10,601			7,568
Other current assets	13,458			7,349
Total current assets	299,519			224,118
Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $101,446 and $95,472	29,969			29,449
Operating lease right of use assets	84,124			—
Goodwill	660,472			329,480
Intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of $36,799 and $33,050	66,468			44,132
Deferred income taxes	17,568			35,794
Other assets	54,260			54,145
Total assets	$	1,212,380		$	717,118
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	$	35,901		$	28,531
Payroll and employee benefits	115,899			92,858
Accrued expenses	127,111			99,475
Current portion of long-term obligations	8,959			1,612
Current portion of operating lease liabilities	26,783			—
Total current liabilities	314,653			222,476
Long-term obligations, less current portion	231,641			5,775
Operating lease liabilities, less current portion	56,619			—
Other long-term obligations	6,002			6,234
Total liabilities	608,915			234,485
Commitments and Contingencies—Note 6
Equity:
Preferred stock, $0.001 par value, 5,000,000 shares authorized; none issued or outstanding	—			—
Common stock, $0.001 par value, 60,000,000 shares authorized; 36,599,273 and 36,252,280 shares issued; and 32,246,575 and 31,973,505 shares outstanding	37			36
Additional paid-in capital	634,854			603,666
Treasury stock, at cost 4,352,698 and 4,278,775 shares of common stock	(251,070		)	(241,685		)
Accumulated other comprehensive income	15			15
Retained earnings	218,728			119,550
Total Amedisys, Inc. stockholders’ equity	602,564			481,582
Noncontrolling interests	901			1,051
Total equity	603,465			482,633
Total liabilities and equity	$	1,212,380		$	717,118

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

AMEDISYS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(Amounts in thousands, except per share data)

(Unaudited)



	For the Three-Month Periods Ended September 30						For the Nine-Month Periods Ended September 30
	2019			2018			2019			2018
Net service revenue	$	494,631		$	417,335		$	1,454,955		$	1,228,200
Cost of service, excluding depreciation and amortization	288,708			249,739			854,734			730,612
General and administrative expenses:
Salaries and benefits	99,941			79,367			293,127			232,213
Non-cash compensation	6,298			4,842			18,451			12,653
Other	48,474			40,335			140,284			124,119
Depreciation and amortization	4,366			3,164			12,440			9,882
Operating expenses	447,787			377,447			1,319,036			1,109,479
Operating income	46,844			39,888			135,919			118,721
Other income (expense):
Interest income	15			29			59			263
Interest expense	(3,778		)	(1,991		)	(11,459		)	(5,834		)
Equity in (losses) earnings from equity method investments	(812		)	1,625			4,120			6,461
Miscellaneous, net	1,975			1,822			2,404			2,782
Total other (expense) income, net	(2,600		)	1,485			(4,876		)	3,672
Income before income taxes	44,244			41,373			131,043			122,393
Income tax expense	(9,919		)	(9,825		)	(31,105		)	(29,984		)
Net income	34,325			31,548			99,938			92,409
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	(193		)	(171		)	(760		)	(524		)
Net income attributable to Amedisys, Inc.	$	34,132		$	31,377		$	99,178		$	91,885
Basic earnings per common share:
Net income attributable to Amedisys, Inc. common stockholders	$	1.06		$	0.99		$	3.09		$	2.78
Weighted average shares outstanding	32,211			31,815			32,096			33,075
Diluted earnings per common share:
Net income attributable to Amedisys, Inc. common stockholders	$	1.03		$	0.96		$	3.01		$	2.71
Weighted average shares outstanding	33,002			32,691			32,944			33,852

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

AMEDISYS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

(Amounts in thousands, except common stock shares)

(Unaudited)



	For the Three-Months Ended September 30, 2019
	Total			Common Stock			Additional Paid-in Capital			Treasury Stock			Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income		Retained Earnings		Noncontrolling Interests
	Total			Shares	Amount		Additional Paid-in Capital			Treasury Stock			Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income		Retained Earnings		Noncontrolling Interests
Balance, June 30, 2019	$	562,942		36,445,591	$	36	$	623,309		$	(246,175	)	$	15	$	184,596	$	1,161
Issuance of stock – employee stock purchase plan	850			8,230	—		850			—			—		—		—
Issuance of stock – 401(k) plan	2,353			19,381	—		2,353			—			—		—		—
Issuance/(cancellation) of non-vested stock	—			88,334	1		(1		)	—			—		—		—
Exercise of stock options	2,045			37,737	—		2,045			—			—		—		—
Non-cash compensation	6,298			—	—		6,298			—			—		—		—
Surrendered shares	(4,895		)	—	—		—			(4,895		)	—		—		—
Noncontrolling interest distribution	(453		)	—	—		—			—			—		—		(453		)
Net income	34,325			—	—		—			—			—		34,132		193
Balance, September 30, 2019	$	603,465		36,599,273	$	37	$	634,854		$	(251,070	)	$	15	$	218,728	$	901

	For the Three-Months Ended September 30, 2018
	Total			Common Stock			Additional Paid-in Capital			Treasury Stock			Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income		Retained Earnings		Noncontrolling Interests
	Total			Shares	Amount		Additional Paid-in Capital			Treasury Stock			Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income		Retained Earnings		Noncontrolling Interests
Balance, June 30, 2018	$	409,061		36,044,177	$	36	$	585,137		$	(237,947	)	$	15	$	60,712	$	1,108
Issuance of stock – employee stock purchase plan	630			8,673	—		630			—			—		—		—
Issuance of stock – 401(k) plan	2,404			28,123	—		2,404			—			—		—		—
Issuance/(cancellation) of non-vested stock	—			63,098	—		—			—			—		—		—
Exercise of stock options	140			2,578	—		140			—			—		—		—
Non-cash compensation	4,842			—	—		4,842			—			—		—		—
Surrendered shares	(2,589		)	—	—		—			(2,589		)	—		—		—
Noncontrolling interest distribution	(180		)	—	—		—			—			—		—		(180		)
Repurchase of noncontrolling interest	(361		)	—	—		(614		)	—			—		—		253
Net income	31,548			—	—		—			—			—		31,377		171
Balance, September 30, 2018	$	445,495		36,146,649	$	36	$	592,539		$	(240,536	)	$	15	$	92,089	$	1,352

	For the Nine-Months Ended September 30, 2019
	Total			Common Stock			Additional Paid-in Capital			Treasury Stock			Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income		Retained Earnings		Noncontrolling Interests
	Total			Shares	Amount		Additional Paid-in Capital			Treasury Stock			Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income		Retained Earnings		Noncontrolling Interests
Balance, December 31, 2018	$	482,633		36,252,280	$	36	$	603,666		$	(241,685	)	$	15	$	119,550	$	1,051
Issuance of stock – employee stock purchase plan	2,384			23,267	—		2,384			—			—		—		—
Issuance of stock – 401(k) plan	6,966			57,783	—		6,966			—			—		—		—
Issuance/(cancellation) of non-vested stock	—			185,515	1		(1		)	—			—		—		—
Exercise of stock options	3,388			80,428	—		3,388			—			—		—		—
Non-cash compensation	18,451			—	—		18,451			—			—		—		—
Surrendered shares	(9,385		)	—	—		—			(9,385		)	—		—		—
Noncontrolling interest distribution	(910		)	—	—		—			—			—		—		(910		)
Net income	99,938			—	—		—			—			—		99,178		760
Balance, September 30, 2019	$	603,465		36,599,273	$	37	$	634,854		$	(251,070	)	$	15	$	218,728	$	901

	For the Nine-Months Ended September 30, 2018
	Total			Common Stock			Additional Paid-in Capital			Treasury Stock			Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income		Retained Earnings		Noncontrolling Interests
	Total			Shares	Amount		Additional Paid-in Capital			Treasury Stock			Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income		Retained Earnings		Noncontrolling Interests
Balance, December 31, 2017	$	516,426		35,747,134	$	35	$	568,780		$	(53,713	)	$	15	$	204	$	1,105
Issuance of stock – employee stock purchase plan	1,787			32,909	—		1,787			—			—		—		—
Issuance of stock – 401(k) plan	7,185			113,082	—		7,185			—			—		—		—
Issuance/(cancellation) of non-vested stock	—			169,811	1		(1		)	—			—		—		—
Exercise of stock options	2,749			83,713	—		2,749			—			—		—		—
Non-cash compensation	12,653			—	—		12,653			—			—		—		—
Surrendered shares	(5,421		)	—	—		—			(5,421		)	—		—		—
Shares repurchased	(181,402		)	—	—		—			(181,402		)	—		—		—
Noncontrolling interest distribution	(530		)	—	—		—			—			—		—		(530		)
Repurchase of noncontrolling interest	(361		)	—	—		(614		)	—			—		—		253
Net income	92,409			—	—		—			—			—		91,885		524
Balance, September 30, 2018	$	445,495		36,146,649	$	36	$	592,539		$	(240,536	)	$	15	$	92,089	$	1,352

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

AMEDISYS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Amounts in thousands)

(Unaudited)



	For the Nine-Month Periods Ended September 30
	2019			2018
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:
Net income	$	99,938		$	92,409
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	12,440			9,882
Non-cash compensation	18,451			12,653
401(k) employer match	7,545			6,934
Amortization and impairment of operating lease right of use assets	27,014			—
Loss on disposal of property and equipment	6			738
Deferred income taxes	17,798			14,916
Equity in earnings from equity method investments	(4,120		)	(6,461		)
Amortization of deferred debt issuance costs/debt discount	653			596
Return on equity investment	3,727			4,373
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of impact of acquisitions:
Patient accounts receivable	(39,469		)	6,166
Other current assets	(10,194		)	(32		)
Other assets	202			726
Accounts payable	(8,145		)	(670		)
Accrued expenses	27,903			14,758
Other long-term obligations	(231		)	2,462
Operating lease liabilities	(24,116		)	—
Operating lease right of use assets	(2,622		)	—
Net cash provided by operating activities	126,780			159,450
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:
Proceeds from sale of deferred compensation plan assets	287			563
Proceeds from the sale of property and equipment	158			51
Investments in equity method investees	(210		)	(3,477		)
Purchases of property and equipment	(6,337		)	(5,684		)
Acquisitions of businesses, net of cash acquired	(345,460		)	(4,074		)
Net cash used in investing activities	(351,562		)	(12,621		)
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:
Proceeds from issuance of stock upon exercise of stock options	3,388			2,749
Proceeds from issuance of stock to employee stock purchase plan	2,384			1,787
Shares withheld upon stock vesting	(9,385		)	(5,421		)
Noncontrolling interest distribution	(910		)	(530		)
Proceeds from borrowings under term loan	175,000			—
Proceeds from borrowings under revolving line of credit	192,500			127,500
Repayments of borrowings under revolving line of credit	(133,000		)	(70,000		)
Principal payments of long-term obligations	(3,820		)	(91,071		)
Debt issuance costs	(847		)	(2,433		)
Purchase of company stock	—			(181,402		)
Repurchase of noncontrolling interest	—			(361		)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	225,310			(219,182		)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	528			(72,353		)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	20,229			86,363
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	20,757		$	14,010
Supplemental Disclosures of Cash Flow Information:
Cash paid for interest	$	7,756		$	2,989
Cash paid for income taxes, net of refunds received	$	17,656		$	11,017

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

AMEDISYS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

1. NATURE OF OPERATIONS, CONSOLIDATION AND PRESENTATION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Amedisys, Inc., a Delaware corporation, (together with its consolidated subsidiaries, referred to herein as “Amedisys,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) is a multi-state provider of home health, hospice and personal care services with approximately 74% of our revenue derived from Medicare for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2019 and approximately 73% and 74% of our revenue derived from Medicare for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2018, respectively. As of September 30, 2019, we owned and operated 321 Medicare-certified home health care centers, 137 Medicare-certified hospice care centers and 12 personal-care care centers in 38 states within the United States and the District of Columbia.

Basis of Presentation

In our opinion, the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements contain all adjustments (consisting solely of normal recurring adjustments) necessary to present fairly our financial position, our results of operations, and our cash flows in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) for interim financial reporting. Our results of operations for the interim periods presented are not necessarily indicative of the results of our operations for the entire year and have not been audited by our independent auditors.

This report should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and related notes included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on February 28, 2019 (the “Form 10-K”), which includes information and disclosures not included herein. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in annual financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP have been condensed or omitted from the interim financial information presented, as allowed by SEC rules and regulations.

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

On January 1, 2019, the Company adopted Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842); ASU 2018-01, Land Easement Practical Expedient for Transition to Topic 842; ASU 2018-10, Codification Improvements to Topic 842, Leases; and ASU 2018-11, Targeted Improvements (collectively, "Topic 842") using a modified retrospective transition approach, which requires the new standards to be applied to all leases existing at the date of initial application. Under Topic 842, lessees are required to recognize a lease liability and right-of-use asset ("ROU asset") for all leases with a term greater than twelve months and to disclose key information about leasing arrangements. Additionally, leases will be classified as either financing or operating; the classification will determine the pattern of expense recognition and classification within the statement of operations.

We are using the standards' effective date as our date of initial application. Consequently, our financial information was not updated and the disclosures required under the new standard are not provided for dates and periods prior to January 1, 2019.

The new standard provides several optional practical expedients that can be adopted at transition. We have elected the "package of practical expedients" which allows us to not reassess our prior conclusions regarding lease identification, lease classification and initial direct costs. We did not elect the use-of-hindsight or the practical expedient pertaining to land easements; the latter not being applicable to us.

The most significant effects related to this adoption relate to (1) the recognition of new ROU assets and lease liabilities on our balance sheet for our real estate and fleet operating leases; and (2) significant new disclosures about our leasing activities. Upon adoption, we recognized approximately $80 million in additional operating lease liabilities with corresponding ROU assets of approximately the same amount.

The new standard also provides practical expedients for an entity's ongoing accounting. We have elected the practical expedient that allows us to not separate lease and non-lease components for all of our leases. We are applying the short-term lease recognition exemption to certain information technology leases; therefore, we did not recognize ROU assets and lease liabilities for these leases.

Use of Estimates

Our accounting and reporting policies conform with U.S. GAAP. In preparing the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, we are required to make estimates and assumptions that impact the amounts reported in the condensed consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

AMEDISYS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

Principles of Consolidation

These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Amedisys, Inc. and our wholly owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in our accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, and business combinations accounted for as purchases have been included in our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements from their respective dates of acquisition. In addition to our wholly owned subsidiaries, we also have certain equity investments that are accounted for as set forth below.

Investments

We consolidate investments when the entity is a variable interest entity and we are the primary beneficiary or if we have controlling interests in the entity, which is generally ownership in excess of 50%. Third party equity interests in our consolidated joint ventures are reflected as noncontrolling interests in our condensed consolidated financial statements.

We account for investments in entities in which we have the ability to exercise significant influence under the equity method if we hold 50% or less of the voting stock and the entity is not a variable interest entity in which we are the primary beneficiary. The book value of investments that we account for under the equity method of accounting was $35.4 million and $35.1 million as of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively, and is reflected in other assets within our condensed consolidated balance sheets.

We account for investments in entities in which we have less than a 20% ownership interest under the cost method of accounting if we do not have the ability to exercise significant influence over the investee.

2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Revenue Recognition

We account for revenue from contracts with customers in accordance with ASU 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606) and ASU 2015-14, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Deferral of the Effective Date (collectively, "ASC 606"), and as such, we recognize revenue in the period in which we satisfy our performance obligations under our contracts by transferring our promised services to our customers in amounts that reflect the consideration to which we expect to be entitled in exchange for providing patient care, which are the transaction prices allocated to the distinct services. The Company's cost of obtaining contracts is not material.

Revenues are recognized as performance obligations are satisfied, which varies based on the nature of the services provided. Our performance obligation is the delivery of patient care services in accordance with the nature and frequency of services outlined in physicians' orders, which are determined by a physician based on a patient's specific goals.

The Company's performance obligations relate to contracts with a duration of less than one year; therefore, the Company has elected to apply the optional exemption provided by ASC 606 and is not required to disclose the aggregate amount of the transaction price allocated to performance obligations that are unsatisfied or partially unsatisfied as of the end of the reporting period. The unsatisfied or partially unsatisfied performance obligations are generally completed when the patients are discharged, which generally occurs within days or weeks of the end of the reporting period.

We determine the transaction price based on gross charges for services provided, reduced by estimates for explicit and implicit price concessions. Explicit price concessions include contractual adjustments provided to patients and third-party payors. Implicit price concessions include discounts provided to self-pay, uninsured patients or other payors, adjustments resulting from payment reviews and adjustments arising from our inability to obtain appropriate billing documentation, authorizations or face-to-face documentation. Subsequent changes to the estimate of the transaction price are recorded as adjustments to net service revenue in the period of change.

Explicit price concessions are recorded for the difference between our standard rates and the contractual rates to be realized from patients, third party payors and others for services provided.

Implicit price concessions are recorded for self-pay, uninsured patients and other payors by major payor class based on our historical collection experience, aged accounts receivable by payor and current economic conditions. The implicit price concession represents

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the difference between amounts billed and amounts we expect to collect based on our collection history with similar payors. The Company assesses its ability to collect for the healthcare services provided at the time of patient admission based on the Company's verification of the patient's insurance coverage under Medicare, Medicaid, and other commercial or managed care insurance programs. Medicare represents approximately 74% of the Company's consolidated net service revenue for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2019 and approximately 73% and 74% of our consolidated net service revenue for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2018, respectively.

Amounts due from third-party payors, primarily commercial health insurers and government programs (Medicare and Medicaid), include variable consideration for retroactive revenue adjustments due to settlements of audits and payment reviews. We determine our estimates for price concessions related to payment reviews based on our historical experience and success rates in the claim appeals and adjudication process. Revenue is recorded at amounts we estimate to be realizable for services provided.

We determine our estimates for implicit price concessions related to our inability to obtain appropriate billing documentation, authorizations, or face-to-face documentation based on our historical experience, which primarily includes a historical collection rate of over 99% on Medicare claims.

Revenue by payor class as a percentage of total net service revenue is as follows:



	For the Three-Month Periods Ended September 30				For the Nine-Month Periods Ended September 30
	2019		2018		2019		2018
Home Health:
Medicare	43	%	50	%	44	%	51	%
Non-Medicare - Episodic-based	9	%	9	%	9	%	8	%
Non-Medicare - Non-episodic based	11	%	12	%	12	%	12	%
Hospice (1):
Medicare	31	%	23	%	30	%	23	%
Non-Medicare	2	%	1	%	1	%	1	%
Personal Care	4	%	5	%	4	%	5	%
	100	%	100	%	100	%	100	%
(1) Acquired Compassionate Care Hospice on February 1, 2019 and RoseRock Healthcare on April 1, 2019.

Home Health Revenue Recognition

Medicare Revenue

Net service revenue is recorded under the Medicare prospective payment system (“PPS”) based on an established Federal Medicare home health episode payment rate, that is subject to adjustment based on certain variables, including, but not limited to (a) an outlier payment if our patient’s care was unusually costly (capped at 10% of total reimbursement per provider number); (b) a low utilization payment adjustment (“LUPA”) if the number of visits was four or fewer; (c) a partial payment if a patient transferred to another provider or we admitted a patient transferring from another provider before completing the episode; (d) a payment adjustment based upon the level of therapy services required (with various incremental adjustments made for additional visits, with larger payment increases associated with the sixth, fourteenth and twentieth visit thresholds); (e) the number of episodes of care provided to a patient, regardless of whether the same home health provider provided care for the entire series of episodes; (f) changes in the base episode payments established by the Medicare Program; and (g) adjustments to the base episode payments for case mix and geographic wages. Medicare rates are based on the severity of the patient's condition, service needs and goals, and other factors relating to the cost of providing services and supplies, bundled into an episode of care, not to exceed 60 days. An episode starts the first day a billable visit is performed and ends 60 days later or upon discharge, if earlier, with multiple continuous episodes allowed.

The Medicare home health benefit requires that beneficiaries be homebound (meaning that the beneficiary is unable to leave their home without a considerable and taxing effort), require intermittent skilled nursing, physical therapy or speech therapy services, and receive treatment under a plan of care established and periodically reviewed by a physician. All Medicare contracts are required to have a signed plan of care which represents a single performance obligation, comprised of the delivery of a series of distinct

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services that are substantially similar and have a similar pattern of transfer to the customer. Accordingly, the Company accounts for the series of services ("episode") as a single performance obligation satisfied over time, as the customer simultaneously receives and consumes the benefits of the goods and services provided. Expected Medicare revenue per episode is recognized based on a pro-rated service output method, utilizing our historical average length of episode prior to discharge.

The base episode payment can be adjusted based on each patient's health including clinical condition, functional abilities and service needs, as well as for the applicable geographic wage index, low utilization, patient transfers and other factors. The services covered by the episode payment include all disciplines of care in addition to medical supplies. Medicare can also make various adjustments to payments received if we are unable to produce appropriate billing documentation or acceptable authorizations. In addition, we make adjustments to Medicare revenue if we find we are unable to obtain appropriate billing documentation, authorizations or face-to-face documentation. We estimate the impact of such adjustments based on our historical experience, which primarily includes a historical collection rate of over 99% on Medicare claims, and record this estimate during the period in which services are rendered as an estimated price concession and a corresponding reduction to patient accounts receivable.

A portion of reimbursement from each Medicare episode is billed near the start of each episode, and cash is typically received before all services are rendered. The amount of revenue recognized for episodes of care which are incomplete at period end is based on the company's average percentage of days complete on episodes as of the end of the year. As of September 30, 2019, the difference between the cash received from Medicare for a request for anticipated payment (“RAP”) on episodes in progress and the associated estimated revenue was recorded to accrued expenses within our condensed consolidated balance sheets.

Non-Medicare Revenue

Episodic-based Revenue. We recognize revenue in a similar manner as we recognize Medicare revenue for episodic-based rates that are paid by other insurance carriers, including Medicare Advantage programs; however, these rates can vary based upon the negotiated terms which generally range from 90% to 100% of Medicare rates.

Non-episodic based Revenue. Gross revenue is recorded on an accrual basis based upon the date of service at amounts equal to our established or estimated per-visit rates. Explicit price concessions are recorded for the difference between our standard rates and the contracted rates to be realized from patients, third parties and others for services provided and are deducted from gross revenue to determine net service revenue. We also make adjustments to non-episodic revenue for any implicit price concessions, based on historical experience, to reflect the estimated transaction price. We receive a minimal amount of our net service revenue from patients who are either self-insured or are obligated for an insurance co-payment.

Hospice Revenue Recognition

Hospice Medicare Revenue

Gross revenue is recorded on an accrual basis based upon the date of service at amounts equal to the estimated payment rates. The estimated payment rates are predetermined daily or hourly rates for each of the four levels of care we deliver. The four levels of care are routine care, general inpatient care, continuous home care and respite care. Routine care accounted for 98% and 99% of our gross Medicare hospice service revenue for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2019, respectively, and 98% and 97% of our gross Medicare hospice service revenue for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2018, respectively. There are two separate payment rates for routine care: payments for the first 60 days of care and care beyond 60 days. In addition to the two routine rates, we may also receive a service intensity add-on (“SIA”). The SIA is based on visits made in the last seven days of life by a registered nurse (“RN”) or medical social worker (“MSW”) for patients in a routine level of care.

The performance obligation is the delivery of hospice services to the patient, as determined by a physician, each day the patient is on hospice care.

We make adjustments to Medicare revenue for implicit price concessions, which include our inability to obtain appropriate billing documentation or acceptable authorizations and other reasons unrelated to credit risk. We estimate the impact of these adjustments based on our historical experience, which primarily includes a historical collection rate of over 99% on Medicare claims, and record it during the period services are rendered.

Additionally, our hospice service revenue is subject to certain limitations on payments from Medicare which are considered variable consideration. We are subject to an inpatient cap limit and an overall Medicare payment cap for each provider number. We monitor these caps on a provider-by-provider basis and estimate amounts due back to Medicare if we estimate a cap has been exceeded. We record these adjustments as a reduction to revenue and an increase in accrued expenses within our condensed consolidated balance

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sheet. Beginning for the cap year ending October 31, 2017, providers are required to self-report and pay their estimated cap liability by February 28th of the following year. As of September 30, 2019, we have recorded $5.3 million in accrued expenses for estimated amounts due back to Medicare for the Federal cap years ended October 31, 2013 through September 30, 2019; approximately $1.9 million of this amount is related to the cap liability acquired as part of the Compassionate Care Hospice ("CCH") acquisition. As of December 31, 2018, we had recorded $1.7 million for estimated amounts due back to Medicare in accrued expenses for the Federal cap years ended October 31, 2013 through September 30, 2019.

Hospice Non-Medicare Revenue

Gross revenue is recorded on an accrual basis based upon the date of service at amounts equal to our established rates or estimated per day rates, as applicable. Explicit price concessions are recorded for the difference between our standard rates and the contractual rates to be realized from patients, third party payors and others for services provided and are deducted from gross revenue to determine our net service revenue. We also make adjustments to non-Medicare revenue for any implicit price concessions, based on historical experience, to reflect the estimated transaction price.

Personal Care Revenue Recognition

Personal Care Revenue

We generate net service revenues by providing our services directly to patients based on authorized hours, visits or units determined by the relevant agency, at a rate that is either contractual or fixed by legislation. Net service revenue is recognized at the time services are rendered based on gross charges for the services provided, reduced by estimates for price concessions. We receive payment for providing such services from payors, including state and local governmental agencies, managed care organizations, commercial insurers and private consumers. Payors include the following elder service agencies: Aging Services Access Points (ASAPs), Senior Care Options (SCOs), Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) and the Veterans Administration (VA).

Patient Accounts Receivable

We report accounts receivable from services rendered at their estimated transaction price, which includes price concessions based on the amounts expected to be due from payors. Our patient accounts receivable are uncollateralized and consist of amounts due from Medicare, Medicaid, other third-party payors and patients. As of September 30, 2019, there is no single payor, other than Medicare, that accounts for more than 10% of our total outstanding patient receivables. Thus, we believe there are no other significant concentrations of receivables that would subject us to any significant credit risk in the collection of our patient accounts receivable. We write off accounts on a monthly basis once we have exhausted our collection efforts and deem an account to be uncollectible. We believe the collectibility risk associated with our Medicare accounts, which represent 59% and 56% of our patient accounts receivable at September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively, is limited due to our historical collection rate of over 99% from Medicare and the fact that Medicare is a U.S. government payor.

We do not believe there are any significant concentrations of revenues from any payor that would subject us to any significant credit risk in the collection of our accounts receivable.

Medicare Home Health

For our home health patients, our pre-billing process includes verifying that we are eligible for payment from Medicare for the services that we provide to our patients. Our Medicare billing begins with a process to ensure that our billings are accurate through the utilization of an electronic Medicare claim review. We submit a RAP for 60% of our estimated payment for the initial episode at the start of care or 50% of the estimated payment for any subsequent episodes of care contiguous with the first episode for a particular patient. The full amount of the episode is billed after the episode has been completed (“final billed”). The RAP received for that particular episode is then deducted from our final payment. If a final bill is not submitted within the greater of 120 days from the start of the episode, or 60 days from the date the RAP was paid, any RAPs received for that episode will be recouped by Medicare from any other claims in process for that particular provider number. The RAP and final claim must then be resubmitted.

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Medicare Hospice

For our hospice patients, our pre-billing process includes verifying that we are eligible for payment from Medicare for the services that we provide to our patients. Our Medicare billing begins with a process to ensure that our billings are accurate through the utilization of an electronic Medicare claim review. We bill Medicare on a monthly basis for the services provided to the patient.

Non-Medicare Home Health, Hospice and Personal Care

For our non-Medicare patients, our pre-billing process primarily begins with verifying a patient’s eligibility for services with the applicable payor. Once the patient has been confirmed for eligibility, we will provide services to the patient and bill the applicable payor. Our review and evaluation of non-Medicare accounts receivable includes a detailed review of outstanding balances and special consideration to concentrations of receivables from particular payors or groups of payors with similar characteristics that would subject us to any significant credit risk.

Debt Issuance Costs

During the nine-month period ended September 30, 2019, we recorded $0.8 million in deferred debt issuance costs as a reduction to long-term obligations, less current portion in our condensed consolidated balance sheet in connection with our entry into the Amended Credit Agreement (See Note 5 - Long-Term Obligations). As of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, we had unamortized debt issuance costs of $3.7 million and $3.5 million, respectively, recorded as long-term obligations, less current portion in our condensed consolidated balance sheet. We amortize deferred debt issuance costs related to our long-term obligations over the term of the obligation through interest expense, unless the debt is extinguished, in which case unamortized balances are immediately expensed. We amortized $0.2 million and $0.6 million in deferred debt issuance during the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2019, respectively. The unamortized debt issuance costs of $3.7 million will be amortized over a weighted-average amortization period of 4.3 years.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The following details our financial instruments where the carrying value and the fair value differ (amounts in millions):



	Fair Value at Reporting Date Using
Financial Instrument	Carrying Value as of September 30, 2019		Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Items (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Long-term obligations	$	240.6	$	—	$	236.0	$	—

The fair value hierarchy is based on three levels of inputs, of which the first two are considered observable and the last unobservable, that may be used to measure fair value. The three levels of inputs are as follows:


•	Level 1 – Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities.


•	Level 2 – Inputs other than Level 1 that are observable, either directly or indirectly, such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities; quoted prices in markets that are not active; or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities.


•	Level 3 – Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities.

Our deferred compensation plan assets are recorded at fair value and are considered a level 2 measurement. For our other financial instruments, including our cash and cash equivalents, patient accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll and employee benefits and accrued expenses, we estimate the carrying amounts approximate fair value.

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Weighted-Average Shares Outstanding

Net income per share attributable to Amedisys, Inc. common stockholders, calculated on the treasury stock method, is based on the weighted average number of shares outstanding during the period. The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, shares used in our computation of the weighted-average shares outstanding, which are used to calculate our basic and diluted net income attributable to Amedisys, Inc. common stockholders (amounts in thousands):



	For the Three- Month Periods Ended September 30,		For the Nine- Month Periods Ended September 30,
	2019	2018	2019	2018
Weighted average number of shares outstanding - basic	32,211	31,815	32,096	33,075
Effect of dilutive securities:
Stock options	532	561	543	464
Non-vested stock and stock units	259	315	305	313
Weighted average number of shares outstanding - diluted	33,002	32,691	32,944	33,852
Anti-dilutive securities	133	51	154	76

Business Combinations

We account for acquisitions using the acquisition method of accounting in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 805, Business Combinations. Acquisitions are accounted for as purchases and are included in our condensed consolidated financial statements from their respective acquisition dates. Assets acquired and liabilities assumed, if any, are measured at fair value on the acquisition date using the appropriate valuation method. Goodwill generated from acquisitions is recognized for the excess of the purchase price over tangible and identifiable intangible assets.

3. ACQUISITIONS

We complete acquisitions from time to time in order to pursue our strategy of increasing our market presence by expanding our service base and enhancing our position in certain geographic areas as a leading provider of home health, hospice and personal care services. The purchase price paid for acquisitions is negotiated through arm’s length transactions, with consideration based on our analysis of, among other things, comparable acquisitions and expected cash flows. Acquisitions are accounted for as purchases and are included in our condensed consolidated financial statements from their respective acquisition dates. Goodwill generated from acquisitions is recognized for the excess of the purchase price over tangible and identifiable intangible assets because of the expected contributions of the acquisitions to our overall corporate strategy. We typically engage outside appraisal firms to assist in the fair value determination of identifiable intangible assets for significant acquisitions. The preliminary purchase price allocation is adjusted, as necessary, up to one year after the acquisition closing date if management obtains more information regarding asset valuations and liabilities assumed.

On February 1, 2019, we acquired Compassionate Care Hospice ("CCH"), a national hospice care provider headquartered in New Jersey, for a purchase price of $327.9 million, net of cash acquired of $6.7 million.

The Company is in the process of finalizing its valuation of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed. During the three-month period ended September 30, 2019, we recorded measurement period adjustments based on changes to management's estimates and assumptions related to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed. Based on the Company's preliminary valuation, the total estimated consideration of $327.9 million has been allocated to assets acquired and liabilities assumed as of the acquisition date as follows (amounts in millions):

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	Amount
Patient accounts receivable	$	26.3
Prepaid expenses	0.8
Other current assets	0.2
Property and equipment	0.2
Intangible assets	24.4
Operating lease right of use assets	3.4
Total assets acquired	55.3
Accounts payable	(15.9		)
Payroll and employee benefits	(11.8		)
Accrued expenses	(11.0		)
Deferred tax liability	(0.4		)
Operating lease liabilities	(3.4		)
Total liabilities acquired	(42.5		)
Net identifiable assets acquired	12.8
Goodwill	315.1
Total estimated consideration	$	327.9

Intangible assets acquired include Medicare licenses, certificates of need, trade names and non-compete agreements. The trade names and non-compete agreements will be amortized over a weighted-average period of 2.0 and 2.3 years, respectively.

CCH contributed approximately $45.6 million in net service revenue and operating income of $0.9 million (inclusive of acquisition and integration costs totaling $3.4 million) during the three-month period ended September 30, 2019 and $123.6 million in net service revenue and an operating loss of $4.2 million (inclusive of acquisition and integration costs totaling $13.4 million) during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2019.

The following table contains unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated statement of operations information for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2019 and 2018 assuming that the CCH acquisition closed on January 1, 2018 (amounts in millions, except per share data):



	For the Three- Month Periods Ended September 30,				For the Nine- Month Periods Ended September 30,
	2019		2018		2019		2018
Net service revenue	$	494.6	$	467.3	$	1,471.0	$	1,373.4
Operating income	46.8		47.0		142.2		136.9
Net income attributable to Amedisys, Inc.	34.1		34.2		102.9		97.9
Basic earnings per share	1.06		1.07		3.21		2.96
Diluted earnings per share	$	1.03	$	1.05	$	3.12	$	2.89

The pro forma information presented above includes adjustments for (i) amortization of identifiable intangible assets, (ii) interest on additional debt required to fund the CCH acquisition, (iii) non-recurring transaction costs and (iv) income taxes based on the Company’s statutory tax rate. This pro forma information is presented for illustrative purposes only and may not be indicative of the results of operations that would have actually occurred. In addition, future results may vary significantly from the results reflected in the pro forma information.

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On April 1, 2019, we acquired RoseRock Healthcare ("RoseRock"), an Oklahoma based hospice provider, for a purchase price of $17.5 million. The purchase price was paid with cash on hand on the date of the transaction. Based on the Company's preliminary valuation, we recorded goodwill of $15.8 million and other intangibles including non-compete agreements of $0.7 million and tradenames of $1.0 million during the three-month period ended June 30, 2019. The non-compete agreement will be amortized over a weighted-average period of 2.8 years. RoseRock contributed approximately $2.2 million in net service revenue and $0.3 million in operating income during the three-month period ended September 30, 2019 and approximately $4.7 million in net service revenue and $0.8 million in operating income during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2019.

4. LEASES

We determine whether an arrangement is a lease at inception. We have operating leases, primarily for offices and fleet, that expire at various dates over the next nine years. We also have finance leases covering certain office equipment that expire at various dates over the next three years. Our leases do not contain any restrictive covenants.

Our office leases generally contain renewal options for periods ranging from one to five years. Because we are not reasonably certain to exercise these renewal options, the options are not considered in determining the lease term, and payments associated with the option years are excluded from lease payments. Our office leases also generally include termination options, which allow for early termination of the lease after the first one to three years. Because we are not reasonably certain to exercise these termination options, the options are not considered in determining the lease term; payments for the full lease term are included in lease payments. Our office leases do not contain any material residual value guarantees.

Our fleet leases include a term of 367 days with monthly renewal options thereafter. Our fleet leases also include terminal rental adjustment clauses (“TRAC”), which provide for a final rental payment adjustment at the end of the lease, typically based on the amount realized from the sale of the vehicle. The TRAC is structured such that it will almost always result in a significant payment by us to the lessor if the renewal option is not exercised. Based on the significance of the TRAC adjustment at the initial lease expiration, we believe that it is reasonably certain that we will exercise the monthly renewal options; therefore, the renewal options are considered in determining the lease term, and payments associated with the renewal options are included in lease payments.

For our fleet and office equipment leases, we use the implicit rate in the lease as the discount rate. For our office leases, the implicit rate is typically not available, so we use our incremental borrowing rate as the discount rate. Our lease agreements include both lease and non-lease components. We have elected the practical expedient that allows us to not separate lease and non-lease components for all of our leases.

Payments due under our operating and finance leases include fixed payments as well as variable payments. For our office leases, variable payments include amounts for our proportionate share of operating expenses, utilities, property taxes, insurance, common area maintenance and other facility-related expenses. For our vehicle and equipment leases, variable payments consist of sales tax.

The components of lease cost for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2019 are as follows (amounts in millions):

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	For the Three-Month Period Ended September 30, 2019		For the Nine-Month Period Ended September 30, 2019
Operating lease cost:
Operating lease cost	$	8.8	$	26.0
Impairment of operating lease ROU assets	0.7		1.0
Total operating lease cost	9.5		27.0

Finance lease cost:
Amortization of ROU assets	0.5		1.3
Interest on lease liabilities	—		0.1
Total finance lease cost	0.5		1.4

Variable lease cost	0.7		1.9
Short-term lease cost	0.1		0.2

Total lease cost	$	10.8	$	30.5

Amounts reported in the condensed consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2019 for our operating leases are as follows (amounts in millions):



	September 30, 2019
Operating lease ROU assets	$	84.1

Current portion of operating lease liabilities	26.8
Operating lease liabilities, less current portion	56.6
Total operating lease liabilities	$	83.4

Amounts reported in the condensed consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2019 for finance leases are included in the table below. The finance lease ROU assets are recorded within property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation within our condensed consolidated balance sheet. The finance lease liabilities are recorded within current portion of long-term obligations and long-term obligations, less current portion within our condensed consolidated balance sheet.



	September 30, 2019
Finance lease ROU assets	$	5.1
Accumulated amortization	(1.4		)
Finance lease ROU assets, net	3.7

Current installments of obligations under finance leases	1.7
Long-term portion of obligations under finance leases	2.0
Total finance lease liabilities	$	3.7

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Supplemental cash flow information and non-cash activity related to our leases are as follows (amounts in millions):



	For the Nine-Month Period Ended September 30, 2019
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities and ROU assets:
Operating cash flow from operating leases	$	(26.7	)
Financing cash flow from finance leases	(1.2		)

ROU assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations:
Operating leases	106.9
Finance leases	2.7

Reductions to ROU assets resulting from reductions to lease obligations:
Operating leases	(1.2		)
Finance leases	—

Amounts disclosed for ROU assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations include amounts added to the carrying amount of ROU assets resulting from lease modifications and reassessments.

Weighted average remaining lease terms and discount rates for our leases as of September 30, 2019 are as follows:



	Years
Weighted average remaining lease term:
Operating leases	4.0
Finance leases	2.3
	Rate
Weighted average discount rate:
Operating leases	4.0	%
Finance leases	5.3	%

Maturities of lease liabilities as of September 30, 2019 are as follows (amounts in millions):



	Operating Leases			Finance Leases
2019 (a)	$	6.3		$	0.5
2020	29.8			1.8
2021	22.1			1.4
2022	13.1			0.2
2023	8.2			—
Thereafter	11.0			—
Total undiscounted lease payments	90.5			3.9
Less: Imputed interest	(7.1		)	(0.2		)
Total lease liabilities	$	83.4		$	3.7

(a) Excludes the nine-month period ended September 30, 2019.

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5. LONG-TERM OBLIGATIONS

Long-term debt consisted of the following for the periods indicated (amounts in millions):



	September 30, 2019			December 31, 2018
$175.0 million Term Loan; interest rate at Base Rate plus Applicable Rate or Eurodollar Rate plus Applicable Rate (3.6% at September 30, 2019); due February 4, 2024	$	172.8		$	—
$550.0 million Revolving Credit Facility; interest only payments; interest rate at Base Rate plus Applicable Rate or Eurodollar Rate plus Applicable Rate (3.5% at September 30, 2019); due February 4, 2024	67.0			7.5
Promissory notes	0.8			1.1
Finance leases	3.7			2.3
Principal amount of long-term obligations	244.3			10.9
Deferred debt issuance costs	(3.7		)	(3.5		)
	240.6			7.4
Current portion of long-term obligations	(9.0		)	(1.6		)
Total	$	231.6		$	5.8

First Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement

On February 4, 2019, we entered into the First Amendment to our Credit Agreement (as amended by the First Amendment, the "Amended Credit Agreement"). The Amended Credit Agreement provides for a senior secured credit facility in an initial aggregate principal amount of up to $725.0 million, which includes a $550.0 million Revolving Credit Facility under the Credit Agreement and a term loan facility with a principal amount of up to $175.0 million (the "Term Loan Facility" and collectively with the Revolving Credit Facility, the "Credit Facility"), which was added by the First Amendment.

We borrowed the entire principal amount of the Term Loan Facility on February 4, 2019 in order to fund a portion of the purchase price of the CCH acquisition, with the remainder of the purchase price and associated transactional fees and expenses funded by proceeds from the Revolving Credit Facility.

The loans issued under the Credit Facility bear interest on a per annum basis, at our election, at either: (i) the Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate or (ii) the Eurodollar Rate plus the Applicable Rate. The “Base Rate” means a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the highest of (a) the federal funds rate plus 0.50% per annum, (b) the prime rate of interest established by the Administrative Agent, and (c) the Eurodollar Rate plus 1% per annum. The “Eurodollar Rate” means the quoted rate per annum equal to the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) or a comparable successor rate approved by the Administrative Agent for an interest period of one, two, three or six months (as selected by us). The “Applicable Rate” is based on the consolidated leverage ratio and is presented in the table below. As of September 30, 2019, the Applicable Rate is 0.50% per annum for Base Rate loans and 1.50% per annum for Eurodollar Rate loans. We are also subject to a commitment fee and letter of credit fee under the terms of the Amended Credit Agreement, as presented in the table below.



Pricing Tier	Consolidated Leverage Ratio	Commitment Fee	Letter of Credit Fee	Eurodollar Rate Loans	Base Rate Loans
I	≥ 3.00 to 1.0	0.35%	1.75%	2.00%	1.00%
II	< 3.00 to 1.0 but ≥ 2.00 to 1.0	0.30%	1.50%	1.75%	0.75%
III	< 2.00 to 1.0 but ≥ 0.75 to 1.0	0.25%	1.25%	1.50%	0.50%
IV	< 0.75 to 1.0	0.20%	1.00%	1.25%	0.25%

The final maturity date of the Credit Facility is February 4, 2024. The Revolving Credit Facility will terminate and be due and payable as of the final maturity date. The Term Loan Facility, however, is subject to quarterly amortization of principal in the amount of (i) 0.625% for the period commencing on February 4, 2019 and ending on March 31, 2020, (ii) 1.250% for the period commencing on April 1, 2020 and ending on March 31, 2023, and (iii) 1.875% for the period commencing on April 1, 2023 and

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ending on February 4, 2024. The remaining balance of the Term Loan Facility must be paid upon the final maturity date. In addition to the scheduled amortization of the Term Loan Facility, and subject to customary exceptions and reinvestment rights, we are required to prepay the Term Loan Facility, first, and the Revolving Credit Facility, second, with 100% of all net cash proceeds received by any loan party or any subsidiary thereof in connection with (a) any asset sale or disposition where such loan party receives net cash proceeds in excess of $5 million or (b) any debt issuance that is not permitted under the Amended Credit Agreement.

The Amended Credit Agreement requires maintenance of two financial covenants: (i) a consolidated leverage ratio of funded indebtedness to EBITDA, as defined in the Amended Credit Agreement, and (ii) a consolidated interest coverage ratio of EBITDA to cash interest charges, as defined in the Amended Credit Agreement. Each of these covenants is calculated over rolling four-quarter periods and also is subject to certain exceptions and baskets. The Amended Credit Agreement also contains customary covenants, including, but not limited to, restrictions on: incurrence of liens, incurrence of additional debt, sales of assets and other fundamental corporate changes, investments, and declarations of dividends. These covenants contain customary exclusions and baskets as detailed in the Amended Credit Agreement. In connection with our entry into the Amended Credit Agreement, we recorded $0.8 million in deferred debt issuance costs as long-term obligations, less current portion within our condensed consolidated balance sheet during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2019.

The Revolving Credit Facility is guaranteed by substantially all of our wholly-owned direct and indirect subsidiaries. The Amended Credit Agreement requires at all times that we (i) provide guarantees from wholly-owned subsidiaries that in the aggregate represent not less than 95% of our consolidated net revenues and adjusted EBITDA from all wholly-owned subsidiaries and (ii) provide guarantees from subsidiaries that in the aggregate represent not less than 70% of consolidated adjusted EBITDA, subject to certain exceptions.

Our weighted average interest rate for borrowings under our $550.0 million Revolving Credit Facility was 3.8% and 3.9% for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2019, respectively. Our weighted average interest rate for borrowings under our $175.0 million Term Loan Facility was 3.8% and 3.9% for the three-month period ended September 30, 2019 and for the period February 4, 2019 to September 30, 2019, respectively.

As of September 30, 2019, our consolidated leverage ratio was 1.0, our consolidated interest coverage ratio was 19.5 and we are in compliance with our covenants under the Amended Credit Agreement. In the event we are not in compliance with our debt covenants in the future, we would pursue various alternatives in an attempt to successfully resolve the non-compliance, which might include, among other things, seeking debt covenant waivers or amendments.

As of September 30, 2019, our availability under our $550.0 million Revolving Credit Facility was $452.8 million as we have $67.0 million outstanding in borrowings and $30.2 million outstanding in letters of credit.

Joinder Agreement

In connection with the CCH acquisition, we entered into a Joinder Agreement, dated as of February 4, 2019, pursuant to which CCH and its subsidiaries were made parties to, and became subject to the terms and conditions of, the Amended Credit Agreement, the Amended and Restated Security Agreement, dated as of June 29, 2018, and the Amended and Restated Pledge Agreement, dated as of June 29, 2018. Pursuant to the Joinder, the Amended and Restated Security Agreement and the Amended and Restated Pledge Agreement, CCH and its subsidiaries granted in favor of the Administrative Agent a first lien security interest in substantially all of their personal property assets and pledged to the Administrative Agent each of their respective subsidiaries' issued and outstanding equity interests. CCH and its subsidiaries also guaranteed our obligations, whether now existing or arising after the effective date of the Joinder, under the Amended Credit Agreement pursuant to the terms of the Joinder and the Amended Credit Agreement.

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6. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Legal Proceedings - Ongoing

We are involved in the following legal actions:

Subpoena Duces Tecum and Civil Investigative Demands Issued by the U.S. Department of Justice

On May 21, 2015, we received a Subpoena Duces Tecum (“Subpoena”) issued by the U.S. Department of Justice. The Subpoena requests the delivery of information regarding 53 identified hospice patients to the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts. It also requests the delivery of documents relating to our hospice clinical and business operations and related compliance activities. The Subpoena generally covers the period from January 1, 2011 through May 21, 2015. We are fully cooperating with the U.S. Department of Justice with respect to this investigation.

On November 3, 2015, we received a civil investigative demand (“CID”) issued by the U.S. Department of Justice pursuant to the federal False Claims Act relating to claims submitted to Medicare and/or Medicaid for hospice services provided through designated facilities in the Morgantown, West Virginia area. The CID requests the delivery of information to the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of West Virginia regarding 66 identified hospice patients, as well as documents relating to our hospice clinical and business operations in the Morgantown area. The CID generally covers the period from January 1, 2009 through August 31, 2015. We are fully cooperating with the U.S. Department of Justice with respect to this investigation.

On June 27, 2016, we received a CID issued by the U.S. Department of Justice pursuant to the federal False Claims Act relating to claims submitted to Medicare and/or Medicaid for hospice services provided through designated facilities in the Parkersburg, West Virginia area. The CID requests the delivery of information to the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of West Virginia regarding 68 identified hospice patients, as well as documents relating to our hospice clinical and business operations in the Parkersburg area. The CID generally covers the period from January 1, 2011 through June 20, 2016. We are fully cooperating with the U.S. Department of Justice with respect to this investigation.

Based on our analysis of sample claims data in connection with preliminary settlement discussions with the U.S. Department of Justice regarding the above matters, we have recorded a total of $6.5 million to accrued expenses in our condensed consolidated balance sheet related to this matter as of September 30, 2019. Due to the ongoing nature of the investigations and current stage of the settlement discussions, we are unable to estimate a range of potential loss at this time, and we cannot predict the timing or outcome of these investigations.

In addition to the matters referenced in this note, we are involved in legal actions in the normal course of business, some of which seek monetary damages, including claims for punitive damages. We do not believe that these normal course actions, when finally concluded and determined, will have a material impact on our consolidated financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

Legal fees related to all legal matters are expensed as incurred.

Other Investigative Matters - Ongoing

Corporate Integrity Agreement

On April 23, 2014, with no admissions of liability on our part, we entered into a settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice relating to certain of our clinical and business operations. Concurrently with our entry into this agreement, we entered into a corporate integrity agreement (“CIA”) with the Office of Inspector General-HHS (“OIG”). The CIA formalized various aspects of our already existing ethics and compliance programs and contained other requirements designed to help ensure our ongoing compliance with federal health care program requirements. Among other things, the CIA required us to maintain our existing compliance program, executive compliance committee and compliance committee of the Board of Directors; provide certain compliance training; continue screening new and current employees to ensure they are eligible to participate in federal health care programs; engage an independent review organization to perform certain auditing and reviews and prepare certain reports regarding our compliance with federal health care programs, our billing submissions to federal health care programs and our compliance and risk mitigation programs; and provide certain reports and management certifications to the OIG. Additionally, the CIA required that we report substantial overpayments that we discover we have received from federal health care programs, as well as probable violations of federal health care laws. The corporate integrity agreement had a term of five years that ended on April 21, 2019. We filed our final annual report on July 19, 2019.

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Compassionate Care Hospice Corporate Integrity Agreement

On January 30, 2015, Compassionate Care Hospice (“CCH”) entered into a CIA with the OIG. The CIA requires that CCH provide annual on-site compliance training; develop and implement policies to ensure compliance with federal health care program requirements; screen new and current employees to ensure that they are eligible to participate in federal health care programs; establish a compliance committee that contains both a Compliance Officer and a Chief Quality Officer; retain a Governing Authority expert who will periodically complete a compliance program review; and retain an independent review organization (IRO) to complete claims review for hospice services rendered in New York. The OIG has waived the claims review for the final year of the CCH CIA based on the closure of the New York operations. Additionally, the CIA requires that CCH report substantial overpayments that CCH discovers it has received from federal health care programs, as well as probable violations of federal criminal, civil or administrative health care laws. Upon breach of the CIA, CCH could become liable for payment of certain stipulated penalties, or could be excluded from participation in federal health care programs. The CIA has a term of five years that will end on January 30, 2020.

Third Party Audits - Ongoing

From time to time, in the ordinary course of business, we are subject to audits under various governmental programs including Recovery Audit Contractors (“RACs”), Zone Program Integrity Contractors (“ZPICs”), Uniform Program Integrity Contractors ("UPICs"), Program Safeguard Contractors (“PSCs”) and Medicaid Integrity Contributors (“MICs”) in which third party firms engaged by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) conduct extensive reviews of claims data to identify potential improper payments. We cannot predict the ultimate outcome of any regulatory reviews or other governmental audits and investigations.

In July 2010, our subsidiary that provides hospice services in Florence, South Carolina received from a ZPIC a request for records regarding a sample of 30 beneficiaries who received services from the subsidiary during the period of January 1, 2008 through March 31, 2010 (the “Review Period”) to determine whether the underlying services met pertinent Medicare payment requirements. We acquired the hospice operations subject to this review on August 1, 2009; the Review Period covers time periods both before and after our ownership of these hospice operations. Based on the ZPIC’s findings for 16 beneficiaries, which were extrapolated to all claims for hospice services provided by the Florence subsidiary billed during the Review Period, on June 6, 2011, the Medicare Administrative Contractor (“MAC”) for the subsidiary issued a notice of overpayment seeking recovery from our subsidiary of an alleged overpayment. We dispute these findings, and our Florence subsidiary has filed appeals through the Original Medicare Standard Appeals Process, in which we are seeking to have those findings overturned. An administrative law judge ("ALJ") hearing was held in early January 2015. On January 18, 2016, we received a letter dated January 6, 2016 referencing the ALJ hearing decision for the overpayment issued on June 6, 2011. The decision was partially favorable with a new overpayment amount of $3.7 million with a balance owed of $5.6 million, including interest, based on 9 disputed claims (originally 16). We filed an appeal to the Medicare Appeals Council on the remaining 9 disputed claims and also argued that the statistical method used to select the sample was not valid. No assurances can be given as to the timing or outcome of the Medicare Appeals Council decision. As of September 30, 2019, Medicare has withheld payments of $5.7 million (including additional interest) as part of their standard procedures once this level of the appeal process has been reached. In the event we are not able to recoup this alleged overpayment, we are entitled to be indemnified by the prior owners of the hospice operations for amounts relating to the period prior to August 1, 2009. On January 10, 2019, an arbitration panel from the American Health Lawyers Association determined that the prior owners' liability for their indemnification obligation was $2.8 million. Accordingly, the Company reduced its indemnity receivable from $4.9 million to $2.8 million. The $2.1 million impact was recorded to general and administrative expenses, other within our consolidated statements of operations during the three-month period ended December 31, 2018. As of September 30, 2019, we have an indemnity receivable of approximately $2.8 million for the amount withheld related to the period prior to August 1, 2009.

In July 2016, the Company received a request for medical records from SafeGuard Services, L.L.C (“SafeGuard”), a ZPIC, related to services provided by some of the care centers that the Company acquired from Infinity Home Care, L.L.C. The review period covers time periods both before and after our ownership of the care centers, which were acquired on December 31, 2015. In August 2017, the Company received Requests for Repayment from Palmetto GBA, LLC ("Palmetto") regarding Infinity Home Care of Lakeland, LLC ("Lakeland Care Centers") and Infinity Home Care of Pinellas, LLC ("Clearwater Care Center"). The Palmetto letters are based on a statistical extrapolation performed by SafeGuard which alleged an overpayment of $34.0 million for the Lakeland Care Centers on a universe of 72 Medicare claims totaling $0.2 million in actual claims payments using a 100% error rate and an overpayment of $4.8 million for the Clearwater Care Center on a universe of 70 Medicare claims totaling $0.2 million in actual claims payments using a 100% error rate.

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The Lakeland Request for Repayment covers claims between January 2, 2014 and September 13, 2016. The Clearwater Request for Repayment covers claims between January 2, 2015 and December 9, 2016. As a result of partially successful Level I and Level II Administrative Appeals, the alleged overpayment for the Lakeland Care Centers has been reduced to $26.0 million and the alleged overpayment for the Clearwater Care Center has been reduced to $3.3 million. The Company has now filed Level III Administrative Appeals, and will continue to vigorously pursue its appeal rights, which include contesting the methodology used by the ZPIC contractor to perform statistical extrapolation. The Company is contractually entitled to indemnification by the prior owners for all claims prior to December 31, 2015, for up to $12.6 million.

At this stage of the review, based on the information currently available to the Company, the Company cannot predict the timing or outcome of this review. The Company estimates a low-end potential range of loss related to this review of $6.5 million (assuming the Company is successful in seeking indemnity from the prior owners and unsuccessful in demonstrating that the extrapolation method used by SafeGuard was erroneous). The Company has reduced its high-end potential range of loss from $38.8 million (the maximum amount Palmetto claims has been overpaid for both the Lakeland Care Centers and the Clearwater Care Center, of which amount $12.6 million is subject to indemnification by the prior owners) to $29.3 million based on the partial success achieved by the Company in prosecuting its Level I and II Administrative Appeals.

As of September 30, 2019, we have an accrued liability of approximately $17.4 million related to this matter. We expect to be indemnified by the prior owners for approximately $10.9 million of the total $12.6 million available indemnification related to this matter and have recorded this amount within other assets in our condensed consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2019. The net of these two amounts, $6.5 million, was recorded as a reduction in revenue in our condensed consolidated statements of operations during the three-month period ended September 30, 2017. As of September 30, 2019, $1.5 million of receivables have been impacted by this payment suspension.

Insurance

We are obligated for certain costs associated with our insurance programs, including employee health, workers’ compensation and professional liability. While we maintain various insurance programs to cover these risks, we are self-insured for a substantial portion of our potential claims. We recognize our obligations associated with these costs, up to specified deductible limits in the period in which a claim is incurred, including with respect to both reported claims and claims incurred but not reported. These costs have generally been estimated based on historical data of our claims experience. Such estimates, and the resulting reserves, are reviewed and updated by us on a quarterly basis.

Our health insurance has an exposure limit of $1.3 million for any individual covered life. Our workers’ compensation insurance has a retention limit of $1.0 million per incident and our professional liability insurance has a retention limit of $0.3 million per incident.

7. SEGMENT INFORMATION

Our operations involve servicing patients through our three reportable business segments: home health, hospice and personal care. Our home health segment delivers a wide range of services in the homes of individuals who may be recovering from surgery, have a chronic disability or terminal illness or need assistance with completing important personal tasks. Our hospice segment provides palliative care and comfort to terminally ill patients and their families. Our personal care segment provides patients with assistance with the essential activities of daily living. The “other” column in the following tables consists of costs relating to executive management and administrative support functions, primarily information services, accounting, finance, billing and collections, legal, compliance, risk management, procurement, marketing, clinical administration, training, human resources and administration.

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Management evaluates performance and allocates resources based on the operating income of the reportable segments, which includes an allocation of corporate expenses directly attributable to the specific segment and includes revenues and all other costs directly attributable to the specific segment. Segment assets are not reviewed by the company’s chief operating decision maker and therefore are not disclosed below (amounts in millions).



	For the Three-Month Period Ended September 30, 2019
	Home Health		Hospice		Personal Care		Other			Total
Net service revenue	$	311.5	$	162.4	$	20.7	$	—		$	494.6
Cost of service, excluding depreciation and amortization	188.9		84.5		15.3		—			288.7
General and administrative expenses	75.5		35.8		3.0		40.4			154.7
Depreciation and amortization	1.0		0.4		0.1		2.9			4.4
Operating expenses	265.4		120.7		18.4		43.3			447.8
Operating income (loss)	$	46.1	$	41.7	$	2.3	$	(43.3	)	$	46.8

	For the Three-Month Period Ended September 30, 2018
	Home Health		Hospice		Personal Care		Other			Total
Net service revenue	$	294.9	$	103.4	$	19.0	$	—		$	417.3
Cost of service, excluding depreciation and amortization	181.8		53.4		14.5		—			249.7
General and administrative expenses	68.8		21.4		3.0		31.3			124.5
Depreciation and amortization	0.8		0.3		0.1		2.0			3.2
Operating expenses	251.4		75.1		17.6		33.3			377.4
Operating income (loss)	$	43.5	$	28.3	$	1.4	$	(33.3	)	$	39.9

	For the Nine-Month Period Ended September 30, 2019
	Home Health		Hospice		Personal Care		Other			Total
Net service revenue	$	940.2	$	452.6	$	62.1	$	—		$	1,454.9
Cost of service, excluding depreciation and amortization	562.4		245.9		46.4		—			854.7
General and administrative expenses	220.9		99.7		9.3		122.0			451.9
Depreciation and amortization	3.1		1.2		0.2		7.9			12.4
Operating expenses	786.4		346.8		55.9		129.9			1,319.0
Operating income (loss)	$	153.8	$	105.8	$	6.2	$	(129.9	)	$	135.9

	For the Nine-Month Period Ended September 30, 2018
	Home Health		Hospice		Personal Care		Other			Total
Net service revenue	$	870.5	$	302.1	$	55.6	$	—		$	1,228.2
Cost of service, excluding depreciation and amortization	532.7		155.2		42.7		—			730.6
General and administrative expenses	205.2		61.7		9.5		92.6			369.0
Depreciation and amortization	2.4		0.8		0.2		6.5			9.9
Operating expenses	740.3		217.7		52.4		99.1			1,109.5
Operating income (loss)	$	130.2	$	84.4	$	3.2	$	(99.1	)	$	118.7

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8. SHARE REPURCHASE

2019 Stock Repurchase Program

On February 25, 2019, we announced that our Board of Directors authorized a stock repurchase program, under which we may repurchase up to $100 million of our outstanding common stock through March 1, 2020.

Under the terms of the program, we are allowed to repurchase shares from time to time in open market transactions, block purchases or in private transactions in accordance with applicable federal securities laws and other legal requirements. We are allowed to enter into Rule 10b5-1 plans to effect some or all of the repurchases. The timing and the amount of the repurchases will be determined by management based on a number of factors, including but not limited to share price, trading volume and general market conditions, as well as on working capital requirements, general business conditions and other factors.

We did not repurchase any shares pursuant to this stock repurchase program during the three or nine-month periods ended September 30, 2019.

2018 Share Repurchase

On June 4, 2018, we purchased 2,418,304 of our common shares from affiliates of KKR Credit Advisors (US) LLC ("KKR"), representing one-half of KKR's then-current holdings in the Company and 7.1% of the aggregate outstanding shares of the Company's common stock for a total purchase price of $181.4 million including related direct costs. The Company repurchased the shares at $73.96 which represents 96% of the closing stock price of the Company's common stock on June 4, 2018. The repurchased shares are classified as treasury shares.

9. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

During 2018, we made a $7.0 million investment in Medalogix, a healthcare predictive data and analytics company; this investment is accounted for under the equity method. During the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2019, we incurred costs of approximately $0.1 million and $0.2 million, respectively, in connection with the usage of Medalogix's analytics platforms.

ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following discussion and analysis provides information we believe is relevant to an assessment and understanding of our results of operations and financial condition for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2019. This discussion should be read in conjunction with the condensed consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included herein, and the consolidated financial statements and notes and the related Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on February 28, 2019 (the “Form 10-K”), which are incorporated herein by this reference. Historical results that appear in the condensed consolidated financial statements should not be interpreted as being indicative of future operations.

Unless otherwise provided, “Amedisys,” “we,” “our,” and the “Company” refer to Amedisys, Inc. and our consolidated subsidiaries.

Overview

We are a provider of high-quality in-home healthcare and related services to the chronic, co-morbid, aging American population, with approximately 74% of our revenue derived from Medicare for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2019 and approximately 73% and 74% of our revenue derived from Medicare for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2018, respectively.

Our operations involve servicing patients through our three reportable business segments: home health, hospice and personal care. Our home health segment delivers a wide range of services in the homes of individuals who may be recovering from an illness, injury or surgery. Our hospice segment provides care that is designed to provide comfort and support for those who are facing a terminal illness. Our personal care segment provides patients with assistance with the essential activities of daily living. As of September 30, 2019, we owned and operated 321 Medicare-certified home health care centers, 137 Medicare-certified hospice care centers and 12 personal-care care centers in 38 states within the United States and the District of Columbia.

Care Centers Summary (Includes Unconsolidated Joint Ventures)



	Home Health		Hospice		Personal Care
As of December 31, 2018	323		84		12
Acquisitions/Startups	3		57		—
Closed/Consolidated	(5	)	(4	)	—
As of September 30, 2019	321		137		12

Recent Developments

Governmental Inquiries and Investigations and Other Litigation

See Note 6 – Commitments and Contingencies to our condensed consolidated financial statements for additional information regarding our corporate integrity agreements and for a discussion of and updates regarding other legal proceedings and investigations we are involved in. No assurances can be given as to the timing or outcome of these items.

Payment

On July 31, 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS") issued a final rule to update hospice payment rates and the wage index for fiscal year 2020. The rule includes a rebasing of continuous home care, inpatient respite care and general inpatient care to better reflect the costs of care. This rebasing will be offset by a reduction in routine home care payments of 2.7% to achieve budget neutrality. In addition, CMS eliminated the one-year “lag” in the use of the hospital wage index in an effort to align with the Inpatient Prospective Payment System ("IPPS") and other payment systems. CMS estimates hospices serving Medicare beneficiaries would see an estimated 2.6% increase in payments. This increase is the result of a 3.0% market basket adjustment less a 0.4% productivity adjustment. We have estimated the impact of the final rule on us to be an increase in revenue of approximately 0.5%; however, we are expecting the impact on gross margin percentage to be a reduction of approximately 0.6% as the majority of the revenue increase will be passed through to the general inpatient and respite facilities. These estimates are subject to change as our mix of work changes.

In November 2018, CMS issued the Calendar Year 2019 Home Health Final Rule, which provided for the first payment rate increase for home health providers since 2010. CMS estimated that the net impact of the payment provisions of the final rule

would result in an increase of 2.2% in reimbursement to home health providers. The increase is the result of a 3.0% market basket increase less a 0.8% productivity adjustment. We have estimated the impact of the final rule on us to be an increase in revenue of 1.2%.

In the 2019 rule, CMS also issued proposed payment changes for Medicare home health providers for 2020. These proposed changes included changes to the Home Health Prospective Payment System ("HHPPS") case-mix adjustment methodology through the use of a new Patient-Driven Groupings Model ("PDGM") for home health payments, a change in the unit of payment from a 60-day payment period to a 30-day payment period and the elimination of the use of therapy visits in the determination of payments. While the proposed changes are to be implemented in a budget neutral manner to the industry, the ultimate impact will vary by provider based on factors including patient mix and admission source.

In July 2019, CMS issued a proposed rule for 2020 which reaffirmed the 2020 changes included in the 2019 rule including implementation of PDGM and a change in the unit of payment from 60-day episodes of care to 30-day periods of care. Additionally, in an effort to eliminate fraud risks, CMS proposed to phase out requests for anticipated payment ("RAPs") over 2020 with the full elimination of RAPs in 2021. CMS estimates that the proposed rule will result in a 1.3% increase in payments to home health providers. The increase is the result of a 1.5% market basket increase reduced by 0.2% for the rural add-on. CMS is also assuming that the industry will make certain behavioral changes resulting in a decrease in reimbursement of 8.01%. We have estimated the impact of the proposed rule on us to be a reduction in revenue of 6.8%. Our current view is that we can offset approximately 50% of the impact via behavioral changes, while mitigating the remainder of the impact via a mix of cost levers, including optimizing clinical mix and utilization. We will continue to refine our estimate and will reassess upon the release of the final rule.

Acquisitions

On February 1, 2019, we acquired Compassionate Care Hospice ("CCH"), a national hospice care provider headquartered in New Jersey, for a purchase price of $327.9 million, net of cash acquired.

On April 1, 2019, we acquired the assets of RoseRock Healthcare ("RoseRock"), an Oklahoma based hospice provider for a purchase price of $17.5 million.

As we continue to focus on inorganic expansion in all three segments, we anticipate incurring acquisition and integration costs throughout 2019. During the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2019, we incurred approximately $4 million and $14 million, respectively, in costs related to various acquisitions and the integration of CCH. Our total acquisition and integration costs related to CCH for 2019 are expected to be approximately $15 million to $16 million.

Partnerships

In July 2019, we signed an agreement with ClearCare, Inc. ("ClearCare"), the personal care industry’s leading software platform, representing 4,000 personal care agencies in every zip code in the United States. Our agreement with ClearCare creates an opportunity to establish a network partnership between Amedisys and personal care agencies using ClearCare in order to better coordinate patient care. Long term, this allows us to build a nation-wide network of personal care agencies and furthers our efforts to provide patients with a true care continuum in the home. This relationship will also help us as we continue to have innovative payment conversations with Medicare Advantage plans who have begun to recognize the value that combined home health, hospice and personal care services brings to their members and care delivery infrastructure.

Results of Operations

Three-Month Period Ended September 30, 2019 Compared to the Three-Month Period Ended September 30, 2018

Consolidated

The following table summarizes our consolidated results of operations (amounts in millions):



	For the Three-Month Periods Ended September 30,
	2019			2018
Net service revenue	$	494.6		$	417.3
Gross margin, excluding depreciation and amortization	205.9			167.6
% of revenue	41.6		%	40.2		%
Other operating expenses	154.7			124.5
% of revenue	31.3		%	29.8		%
Depreciation and amortization	4.4			3.2
Operating income	46.8			39.9
Total other (expense) income, net	(2.6		)	1.5
Income tax expense	(9.9		)	(9.8		)
Effective income tax rate	22.4		%	23.7		%
Net income	34.3			31.6
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	(0.2		)	(0.2		)
Net income attributable to Amedisys, Inc.	$	34.1		$	31.4

Overall, our operating income increased $7 million on a revenue increase of $77 million. Our results for the three-month period ended September 30, 2019 include the acquisitions of CCH on February 1, 2019 and RoseRock on April 1, 2019. For the quarter, CCH and RoseRock contributed approximately $48 million in revenue and approximately $1 million in operating income which is inclusive of $3 million in acquisition and integration costs and $1 million in intangibles amortization.

Our quarterly performance reflects growth and operating improvement within all three segments of our legacy operations. Our gross margin was positively impacted by 2019 changes in reimbursement for both home health and hospice totaling $5 million, increases in the acuity level of our patients and improved utilization within our home health segment. Our other operating expenses as a percentage of revenue increased 1.5% compared to prior year; this increase is inclusive of approximately $4 million in acquisition and integration costs. Excluding the acquisition and integration costs, our other operating expenses as a percentage of revenue increased less than 1% compared to prior year despite planned wage increases that became effective during the three-month period ended September 30, 2019.

Home Health Segment

The following table summarizes our home health segment results of operations:



	For the Three-Month Periods Ended September 30,
	2019			2018
Financial Information (in millions):
Medicare	$	211.5		$	208.0
Non-Medicare	100.0			86.9
Net service revenue	311.5			294.9
Cost of service	188.9			181.8
Gross margin	122.6			113.1
Other operating expenses	76.5			69.6
Operating income	$	46.1		$	43.5
Same Store Growth (1):
Medicare revenue	2		%	10		%
Non-Medicare revenue	16		%	20		%
Total admissions	9		%	4		%
Total volume (2)	6		%	6		%
Total Episodic admissions (3)	8		%	3		%
Total Episodic volume (4)	5		%	5		%
Key Statistical Data - Total (5):
Medicare:
Admissions	48,295			46,371
Recertifications	27,662			28,551
Total volume	75,957			74,922
Completed episodes	74,355			73,114
Visits	1,281,380			1,301,090
Average revenue per completed episode (6)	$	2,909		$	2,855
Visits per completed episode (7)	17.1			17.6
Non-Medicare:
Admissions	33,642			29,325
Recertifications	15,678			14,539
Total volume	49,320			43,864
Visits	775,804			698,181
Total (5):
Visiting Clinician Cost per Visit	$	83.68		$	82.78
Clinical Manager Cost per Visit	$	8.09		$	8.18
Total Cost per Visit	$	91.77		$	90.96
Visits	2,057,184			1,999,271

(1)

Same store information represents the percent change in our Medicare, Non-Medicare, Total and Episodic revenue, admissions or volume for the period as a percent of the Medicare, Non-Medicare, Total and Episodic revenue, admissions or volume of the prior period. Effective July 1, 2019, same store is defined as care centers that we have operated for at least the last twelve months and startups that are an expansion of a same store care center.


(2)	Total volume includes all admissions and recertifications.


(3)	Total Episodic admissions includes admissions for Medicare and Non-Medicare payors that bill on a 60-day episode of care basis.


(4)	Total Episodic volume includes admissions and recertifications for Medicare and Non-Medicare payors that bill on a 60-day episode of care basis.


(5)	Total includes acquisitions and denovos.


(6)	Average Medicare revenue per completed episode is the average Medicare revenue earned for each Medicare completed episode of care.


(7)	Medicare visits per completed episode are the home health Medicare visits on completed episodes divided by the home health Medicare episodes completed during the period.

Operating Results

Overall, our operating income increased $3 million on a $17 million increase in net service revenue. Our gross margin as a percentage of revenue was positively impacted by growth in volumes, an increase in the acuity level of our patients and improved utilization. The impact of the 2019 change in reimbursement resulted in an increase in net service revenue and gross margin of approximately $3 million. These items were partially offset by planned wage increases that became effective during the three-month period ended September 30, 2019 and an increase in revenue price concessions. In addition, our operating expenses increased due to the addition of resources to support volume growth.

Net Service Revenue

Our revenue increased $17 million on a 6% increase in total volume and a 2% increase in Medicare revenue per episode, partially offset by an increase in our revenue price concessions. The volume growth was driven by a 9% increase in admissions. The increase in Medicare revenue per episode is the result of a 1.2% increase in reimbursement with the remainder due to an increase in the acuity level of our patients. Additionally, our non-Medicare (per visit and episodic) rates increased approximately 2% which is a combination of increases in rate and the acuity level of our patients.

Cost of Service, Excluding Depreciation and Amortization

Our cost of service consists of costs associated with direct clinician care in the homes of our patients as well as the cost of clinical managers who monitor the overall delivery of care. Our cost of service increased 4% on a 3% increase in total visits which was driven by a 6% growth in volumes. Our total cost per visit increased less than 1% as an improvement in clinician utilization and optimization of discipline mix partially offset planned wage increases that became effective during the three-month period ended September 30, 2019. Additionally, changes in our home health care center staffing resulted in a shift of some office staff from cost of service to other operating expenses totaling approximately $2 million.

Other Operating Expenses

Other operating expenses increased approximately $7 million primarily due to an increase in salaries and benefits expense as a result of the addition of resources to support volume growth, planned wage increases that became effective during the three-month period ended September 30, 2019 and a shift of some of our home health office staff from cost of service to other operating expenses.

Hospice Segment

The following table summarizes our hospice segment results of operations:



	For the Three-Month Periods Ended September 30,
	2019			2018
Financial Information (in millions):
Medicare	$	153.5		$	98.0
Non-Medicare	8.9			5.4
Net service revenue	162.4			103.4
Cost of service	84.5			53.4
Gross margin	77.9			50.0
Other operating expenses	36.2			21.7
Operating income	$	41.7		$	28.3
Same Store Growth (1):
Medicare revenue	10		%	7		%
Hospice admissions	4		%	8		%
Average daily census	5		%	11		%
Key Statistical Data - Total (2):
Hospice admissions	9,914			6,765
Average daily census	11,565			7,768
Revenue per day, net	$	152.67		$	144.71
Cost of service per day	$	79.51		$	74.72
Average discharge length of stay	98			101

(1)

Same store information represents the percent change in our Medicare revenue, Hospice admissions or average daily census for the period as a percent of the Medicare revenue, Hospice admissions or average daily census of the prior period. Effective July 1, 2019, same store is defined as care centers that we have operated for at least the last twelve months and startups that are an expansion of a same store care center.


(2)	Total includes acquisitions and denovos.

Operating Results

On February 1, 2019, we acquired CCH, which owned and operated 53 hospice care centers. On April 1, 2019, we acquired RoseRock Healthcare, which owned and operated one hospice care center. Acquisitions are included in our consolidated financial statements from their respective acquisition dates. As a result, our hospice segment operating results for 2019 and 2018 are not fully comparable.

Overall, our operating income increased $13 million on a $59 million increase in net service revenue. Our operating results for the quarter were positively impacted by the 2019 change in reimbursement, which resulted in an increase in net service revenue and gross margin of approximately $2 million, by continued growth and by our acquisitions. Our acquisitions contributed approximately $48 million in revenue and $7 million in operating income to our hospice segment's results for the three-month period ended September 30, 2019.

Net Service Revenue

Our hospice revenue increased $59 million, approximately $48 million of which is attributable to our acquisition activity. The remaining $11 million increase is the result of a 5% increase in our average daily census, a 1.6% increase in reimbursement effective for services provided from October 1, 2018 and a reduction in our revenue price concessions.

Cost of Service, Excluding Depreciation and Amortization

Our hospice cost of service increased $31 million, approximately $29 million of which is attributable to our acquisition activity. The remaining $2 million increase is primarily due to a 5% increase in average daily census and the impact of planned wage increases that became effective during the three-month period ended September 30, 2019.

Other Operating Expenses

Other operating expenses increased $15 million; approximately $12 million of the increase is related to our acquisition activity. The remaining $3 million increase is due to increases in other care center related expenses, primarily salaries and benefits due to the addition of resources to support census growth and planned wage increases that became effective during the three-month period ended September 30, 2019.

Personal Care Segment

The following table summarizes our personal care segment results of operations:



	For the Three-Month Periods Ended September 30,
	2019		2018
Financial Information (in millions):
Medicare	$	—	$	—
Non-Medicare	20.7		19.0
Net service revenue	20.7		19.0
Cost of service	15.3		14.5
Gross margin	5.4		4.5
Other operating expenses	3.1		3.1
Operating income	$	2.3	$	1.4
Key Statistical Data - Total (1):
Billable hours	824,251		810,427
Clients served	12,687		12,380
Shifts	370,451		357,382
Revenue per hour	$	25.12	$	23.40
Revenue per shift	$	55.90	$	53.06
Hours per shift	2.2		2.3


(1)	Total includes acquisitions.

Operating Results

On October 1, 2018, we acquired the assets of Bring Care Home which serviced the state of Massachusetts. Acquisitions are included in our consolidated financial statements from their respective acquisition dates. As a result, our personal care operating results for 2019 and 2018 are not fully comparable.

Operating income related to our personal care segment increased approximately $1 million on a $2 million increase in net service revenue offset by a $1 million increase in cost of service; other operating expenses remained flat.

Corporate

The following table summarizes our corporate results of operations:



	For the Three-Month Periods Ended September 30,
	2019		2018
Financial Information (in millions):
Other operating expenses	$	40.4	$	31.3
Depreciation and amortization	2.9		2.0
Total operating expenses	$	43.3	$	33.3

Corporate expenses consist of costs relating to our executive management and corporate and administrative support functions, primarily information services, accounting, finance, billing and collections, legal, compliance, risk management, procurement, marketing, clinical administration, training, human resources and administration.

During the three-month period ended September 30, 2019, corporate operating expenses increased $10 million; approximately $6 million of which is attributable to the CCH acquisition: $2 million relates to CCH corporate and administrative support functions, $1 million relates to CCH intangibles amortization and approximately $3 million relates to CCH acquisition and integration costs. Excluding the impact of the CCH acquisition, other operating expenses increased $4 million which represents 5% of our $77 million increase in revenue. The increase is due to increases in salaries and benefits expense, information technology expense and rent expense which were partially offset by a decrease in professional fees.

Nine-Month Period Ended September 30, 2019 Compared to the Nine-Month Period Ended September 30, 2018

Consolidated

The following table summarizes our consolidated results of operations (amounts in millions):



	For the Nine-Month Periods Ended September 30,
	2019			2018
Net service revenue	$	1,454.9		$	1,228.2
Gross margin, excluding depreciation and amortization	600.2			497.6
% of revenue	41.3		%	40.5		%
Other operating expenses	451.9			369.0
% of revenue	31.1		%	30.0		%
Depreciation and amortization	12.4			9.9
Operating income	135.9			118.7
Total other (expense) income, net	(4.9		)	3.7
Income tax expense	(31.1		)	(30.0		)
Effective income tax rate	23.7		%	24.5		%
Net income	99.9			92.4
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	(0.7		)	(0.5		)
Net income attributable to Amedisys, Inc.	$	99.2		$	91.9

Overall, our operating income increased $17 million on a revenue increase of $227 million. Our results for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2019 include the acquisitions of CCH and RoseRock. CCH and RoseRock contributed approximately $129 million in revenue and an operating loss of approximately $3 million which is inclusive of $13 million in acquisition and integration costs and $3 million in intangibles amortization.

Additionally, our operating income was negatively impacted by a $7 million accrual related to settlement discussions with the U.S. Department of Justice (see Note 6 - Commitments and Contingencies to our condensed consolidated financial statements for additional information).

Our year-to-date performance reflects growth and operating improvement in all three segments of our legacy operations. Our gross margin was positively impacted by 2019 changes in reimbursement totaling $15 million. We also continue to remain focused on costs as our other operating expenses as a percentage of revenue increased only 1.1% compared to prior year; this increase is inclusive of approximately $14 million in acquisition and integration costs. Excluding the acquisition and integration costs, our other operating expenses as a percentage of revenue remained flat compared to prior year despite planned wage increases and the addition of resources to support growth.

Home Health Segment

The following table summarizes our home health segment results of operations:



	For the Nine-Month Periods Ended September 30,
	2019			2018
Financial Information (in millions):
Medicare	$	644.0		$	619.3
Non-Medicare	296.2			251.2
Net service revenue	940.2			870.5
Cost of service	562.4			532.7
Gross margin	377.8			337.8
Other operating expenses	224.0			207.6
Operating income	$	153.8		$	130.2
Same Store Growth (1):
Medicare revenue	4		%	7		%
Non-Medicare revenue	18		%	18		%
Total admissions	7		%	4		%
Total volume (2)	6		%	7		%
Total Episodic admissions (3)	6		%	3		%
Total Episodic volume (4)	4		%	6		%
Key Statistical Data - Total (5):
Medicare:
Admissions	147,485			142,884
Recertifications	82,551			84,218
Total volume	230,036			227,102
Completed episodes	224,635			220,726
Visits	3,935,182			3,933,290
Average revenue per completed episode (6)	$	2,922		$	2,841
Visits per completed episode (7)	17.4			17.5
Non-Medicare:
Admissions	100,184			88,485
Recertifications	45,945			40,862
Total volume	146,129			129,347
Visits	2,303,576			2,049,662
Total (5):
Visiting Clinician Cost per Visit	$	82.23		$	81.06
Clinical Manager Cost per Visit	7.91			7.98
Total Cost per Visit	$	90.14		$	89.04
Visits	6,238,758			5,982,952

(1)


(2)	Total volume includes all admissions and recertifications.


(3)	Total Episodic admissions includes admissions for Medicare and Non-Medicare payors that bill on a 60-day episode of care basis.


(4)	Total Episodic volume includes admissions and recertifications for Medicare and Non-Medicare payors that bill on a 60-day episode of care basis.


(5)	Total includes acquisitions and denovos.


(6)	Average Medicare revenue per completed episode is the average Medicare revenue earned for each Medicare completed episode of care.


(7)	Medicare visits per completed episode are the home health Medicare visits on completed episodes divided by the home health Medicare episodes completed during the period.

Operating Results

Overall, our operating income increased $24 million on a $70 million increase in net service revenue. Our gross margin as a percentage of revenue was positively impacted by the 2019 changes in reimbursement, growth in volumes, the acuity level of our patients and improved utilization. The impact of the 2019 change in reimbursement was an increase in net service revenue and gross margin of approximately $9 million.

Net Service Revenue

Our revenue increased $70 million (8%) on a 6% increase in total volume and a 3% increase in Medicare revenue per episode. The volume growth was driven by a 7% increase in admissions. The increase in Medicare revenue per episode is the result of a 1.2% increase in reimbursement with the remainder due to an increase in the acuity level of our patients. Additionally, our non-Medicare (per visit and episodic) rates increased approximately 3% which is a combination of rate increases and increases in the acuity level of our patients. The increase in revenue for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2019 was also positively impacted by a reduction in our revenue price concessions.

Cost of Service, Excluding Depreciation and Amortization

Our cost of service consists of costs associated with direct clinician care in the homes of our patients as well as the cost of clinical managers who maintain the overall delivery of care. Our cost of service increased 6% on a 4% increase in total visits. Our total cost per visit increased approximately 1% as improvements in clinician utilization and optimization of discipline mix partially offset planned wage increases. Additionally, changes in our home health care center staffing resulted in a shift of some office staff from cost of service to other operating expenses totaling approximately $3 million.

Other Operating Expenses

Other operating expenses increased approximately $16 million primarily due to an increase in salaries and benefits expense as a result of the addition of resources to support volume growth, planned wage increases and the home health staffing shifts referenced above.

Hospice Segment

The following table summarizes our hospice segment results of operations:



	For the Nine-Month Periods Ended September 30,
	2019			2018
Financial Information (in millions):
Medicare	$	430.0		$	286.7
Non-Medicare	22.6			15.4
Net service revenue	452.6			302.1
Cost of service	245.9			155.2
Gross margin	206.7			146.9
Other operating expenses	100.9			62.5
Operating income	$	105.8		$	84.4
Same Store Growth (1):
Medicare revenue	6		%	11		%
Hospice admissions	5		%	7		%
Average daily census	6		%	12		%
Key Statistical Data - Total (2):
Hospice admissions	30,055			20,444
Average daily census	10,997			7,514
Revenue per day, net	$	150.77		$	147.28
Cost of service per day	$	81.92		$	75.65
Average discharge length of stay	98			98

(1)


(2)	Total includes acquisitions and denovos.

Operating Results

As a result of our 2019 acquisitions, our hospice segment operating results for 2019 and 2018 are not fully comparable.

Overall, our operating income increased $21 million on a $150 million increase in net service revenue. Our operating income was negatively impacted by a $7 million reduction to revenue and gross margin related to settlement discussions with the U.S. Department of Justice (see Note 6 - Commitments and Contingencies to our condensed consolidated financial statements for additional information). Our operating results for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2019 were positively impacted by the 2019 change in reimbursement, which resulted in an increase in net service revenue and gross margin of approximately $6 million, by continued growth and by our acquisitions which contributed approximately $128 million in revenue and $18 million in operating income to our hospice segment's results for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2019.

Net Service Revenue

Our hospice revenue increased $150 million; approximately $128 million of which is attributable to our acquisition activities. The remaining $22 million increase is the result of a 6% increase in our average daily census and a 1.6% increase in reimbursement effective for services provided from October 1, 2018, partially offset by an increase in our revenue price concessions, which include a $7 million reduction to revenue and gross margin related to the U.S. Department of Justice matter noted above.

Cost of Service, Excluding Depreciation and Amortization

Our hospice cost of service increased $91 million, approximately $80 million of which is attributable to our acquisition activity. The remaining $11 million increase is primarily due to a 6% increase in average daily census and planned wage increases. The increase in cost of service per day of 8% is driven by our acquisitions as our same store cost of service per day increased less than 1%. We expect our acquisitions' cost of service per day to approximate our legacy metric as we fully integrate them during 2020.

Other Operating Expenses

Other operating expenses increased $38 million; approximately $30 million of the increase is related to our acquisition activity. The remaining $8 million increase is due to increases in other care center related expenses, primarily salaries and benefits due to the addition of resources to support census growth and planned wage increases and travel and training expense.

Personal Care Segment

The following table summarizes our personal care segment results of operations:



	For the Nine-Month Periods Ended September 30,
	2019		2018
Financial Information (in millions):
Medicare	$	—	$	—
Non-Medicare	62.1		55.6
Net service revenue	62.1		55.6
Cost of service	46.4		42.7
Gross margin	15.7		12.9
Other operating expenses	9.5		9.7
Operating income	$	6.2	$	3.2
Key Statistical Data - Total (1):
Billable hours	2,506,113		2,357,608
Clients served	16,134		15,731
Shifts	1,128,920		1,062,422
Revenue per hour	$	24.77	$	23.57
Revenue per shift	$	55.00	$	52.30
Hours per shift	2.2		2.2


(1)	Total includes acquisitions.

Operating Results

Operating income related to our personal care segment increased $3 million on a $7 million increase in net service revenue. Cost of service increased approximately $4 million; other operating expenses remained relatively flat. These results are inclusive of the acquisitions of East Tennessee Personal Care Services on May 1, 2018 and Bring Care Home on October 1, 2018. As a result, our personal care operating results for 2019 and 2018 are not fully comparable.

Corporate

The following table summarizes our corporate results of operations:



	For the Nine-Month Periods Ended September 30,
	2019		2018
Financial Information (in millions):
Other operating expenses	$	122.0	$	92.6
Depreciation and amortization	7.9		6.5
Total operating expenses	$	129.9	$	99.1

During the nine-month period ended September 30, 2019, corporate operating expenses increased $31 million; approximately $21 million of which is attributable to the CCH acquisition: $5 million relates to CCH corporate and administrative support functions, $3 million relates to CCH intangibles amortization and approximately $13 million relates to CCH acquisition and integration costs. Excluding the impact of the CCH acquisition, other operating expenses increased $10 million which represents 4% of our $227 million increase in revenue. The remaining increase is primarily due to increases in salaries and benefits expense and information technology expense which were partially offset by decreases in professional fees, depreciation and gains on the sale of fleet vehicles.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Cash Flows

The following table summarizes our cash flows for the periods indicated (amounts in millions):



	For the Nine-Month Periods Ended September 30,
	2019			2018
Cash provided by operating activities	$	126.8		$	159.4
Cash used in investing activities	(351.5		)	(12.6		)
Cash provided by (used in) financing activities	225.3			(219.2		)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	0.6			(72.4		)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	20.2			86.4
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	20.8		$	14.0

Cash provided by operating activities decreased $32.6 million during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2019 compared to the nine-month period ended September 30, 2018 primarily due to the payment of acquisition and integration costs, a decrease in our cash collections and an increase in the payment of acquired liabilities related to our acquisition activity.

Cash used in investing activities increased $338.9 million during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2019 compared to the nine-month period ended September 30, 2018 as a result of our acquisitions of CCH and RoseRock.

Cash provided by financing activities increased $444.5 million during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2019 compared to the nine-month period ended September 30, 2018 primarily due to our borrowings under our Amended Credit Agreement to fund acquisitions.

Liquidity

Typically, our principal source of liquidity is the collection of our patient accounts receivable, primarily through the Medicare program. In addition to our collection of patient accounts receivable, from time to time, we can and do obtain additional sources of liquidity by the incurrence of additional indebtedness.

During the nine-month period ended September 30, 2019, we spent $6.3 million in capital expenditures as compared to $5.7 million during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2018. Our capital expenditures for 2019 are expected to be approximately $8.0 million to $10.0 million, excluding the impact of any future acquisitions.

As of September 30, 2019, we had $20.8 million in cash and cash equivalents and $452.8 million in availability under our $550.0 million Revolving Credit Facility.

Based on our operating forecasts and our debt service requirements, we believe we will have sufficient liquidity to fund our operations, capital requirements and debt service requirements.

Outstanding Patient Accounts Receivable

Our patient accounts receivable increased $65.7 million from December 31, 2018 to September 30, 2019; $44.6 million of the increase is related to CCH. Our cash collection as a percentage of revenue was 102% and 104% for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively. Our days revenue outstanding at September 30, 2019 was 44.5 days which is an increase of 6.5 days from December 31, 2018 and an increase of 3.4 days from June 30, 2019. As anticipated, our acquisition activity has negatively impacted our days revenue outstanding. The estimated impact is 4.3 days.

Our patient accounts receivable includes unbilled receivables and are aged based upon our initial service date. We monitor unbilled receivables on a care center by care center basis to ensure that all efforts are made to bill claims within timely filing deadlines. Our unbilled patient accounts receivable can be impacted by acquisition activity, probe edits or regulatory changes which result in additional information or procedures needed prior to billing. The timely filing deadline for Medicare is one year from the date the episode was completed and varies by state for Medicaid-reimbursable services and among insurance companies and other private payors.

The following schedules detail our patient accounts receivable, by payor class, aged based upon initial date of service (amounts in millions, except days revenue outstanding):



	0-90		91-180		181-365		Over 365		Total
At September 30, 2019:
Medicare patient accounts receivable	$	125.4	$	18.8	$	4.0	$	0.9	$	149.1
Other patient accounts receivable:
Medicaid	22.7		6.9		3.4		—		33.0
Private	62.4		7.2		3.0		—		72.6
Total	$	85.1	$	14.1	$	6.4	$	—	$	105.6
Total patient accounts receivable									$	254.7
Days revenue outstanding (1)									44.5
	0-90		91-180		181-365		Over 365		Total
At December 31, 2018:
Medicare patient accounts receivable	$	95.5	$	8.1	$	1.0	$	1.8	$	106.4
Other patient accounts receivable:
Medicaid	13.1		2.7		1.1		—		16.9
Private	51.3		6.7		4.4		3.3		65.7
Total	$	64.4	$	9.4	$	5.5	$	3.3	$	82.6
Total patient accounts receivable									$	189.0
Days revenue outstanding (1)									38.0


(1)	Our calculation of days revenue outstanding is derived by dividing our ending patient accounts receivable at September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018 by our average daily patient revenue for the three-month periods ended September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively.

Indebtedness

First Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement

On February 4, 2019, we entered into the First Amendment to the Credit Agreement (as amended by the First Amendment, the "Amended Credit Agreement"). The Amended Credit Agreement provides for a senior secured credit facility in an initial aggregate principal amount of up to $725.0 million, which includes a $550.0 million Revolving Credit Facility under the Credit Agreement and a term loan facility with a principal amount of up to $175.0 million (the "Term Loan Facility" and collectively with the Revolving Credit Facility, the "Credit Facility"), which was added by the First Amendment.

Our weighted average interest rate for borrowings under our $550.0 million Revolving Credit Facility was 3.8% and 3.9% for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2019, respectively. Our weighted average interest rate for our borrowings under our $175.0 million Term Loan Facility was 3.8% and 3.9% for the three-month period ended September 30, 2019 and for the period February 4, 2019 to September 30, 2019, respectively.

As of September 30, 2019, our consolidated leverage ratio was 1.0, our consolidated interest coverage ratio was 19.5 and we are in compliance with our covenants under the Amended Credit Agreement.

See Note 5 - Long Term Obligations to our condensed consolidated financial statements for additional details on our outstanding long-term obligations.

Share Repurchase

2019 Stock Repurchase Program

We did not repurchase any shares pursuant to this stock repurchase program during the three or nine-month periods ended September 30, 2019.

2018 Share Repurchase

Inflation

We do not believe inflation has significantly impacted our results of operations.

Critical Accounting Estimates

See Part II, Item 7 – Critical Accounting Estimates and our consolidated financial statements and related notes in Part II, Item 8 of our 2018 Annual Report on Form 10-K, for accounting policies and related estimates we believe are the most critical to understanding our condensed consolidated financial statements, financial condition and results of operations and which require complex management judgment and assumptions, or involve uncertainties. These critical accounting estimates include revenue recognition and goodwill and other intangible assets. There have not been any changes to our significant accounting policies or their application since we filed our 2018 Annual Report on Form 10-K except for the changes related to the adoption of Accounting Standards Updates 2016-02, 2018-01, 2018-10 and 2018-11 as disclosed in Note 1 - Nature of Operations, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements to our condensed consolidated financial statements.

ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

We are exposed to market risk from fluctuations in interest rates. Our Revolving Credit Facility carries a floating interest rate which is tied to the Eurodollar rate (i.e. LIBOR) and the Prime Rate and therefore, our condensed consolidated statements of operations and our condensed consolidated statements of cash flows are exposed to changes in interest rates. As of September 30, 2019, the total amount of outstanding debt subject to interest rate fluctuations was $239.8 million. A 1.0% interest rate change would cause interest expense to change by approximately $2.4 million annually, assuming the Company makes no principal repayments.

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

We have established disclosure controls and procedures which are designed to provide reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives and to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), is recorded, processed, summarized, disclosed and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. This information is also accumulated and communicated to our management and Board of Directors to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

In connection with the preparation of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as of September 30, 2019, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures, as such term is defined under Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) promulgated under the Exchange Act.

Based on this evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at a reasonable assurance level as of September 30, 2019, the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report.

Changes in Internal Controls

There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(f)) that have occurred during the quarter ended September 30, 2019, that have materially impacted, or are reasonably likely to materially impact, our internal control over financial reporting.

Inherent Limitations on Effectiveness of Controls

Our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, does not expect that our disclosure controls or our internal controls over financial reporting will prevent or detect all errors and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the control system’s objectives will be met. The design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Further, because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that misstatements due to error or fraud will not occur or that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, have been detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty and that breakdowns can occur because of simple error or mistake. Controls can also be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more people, or by management override of the controls. The design of any system of controls is based in part on certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions. Projections of any evaluation of controls’ effectiveness to future periods are subject to risks. Over time, controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions or deterioration in the degree of compliance with policies and procedures. Our disclosure controls and procedures are designed to provide reasonable

assurance of achieving their objectives and, based on an evaluation of our controls and procedures, our principal executive officer and our principal financial officer concluded our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at a reasonable assurance level as of September 30, 2019, the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report.

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

See Note 6 - Commitments and Contingencies to the condensed consolidated financial statements for information concerning our legal proceedings.

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

In addition to other information set forth in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, you should carefully consider the risk factors included in Part I, Item 1A. – Risk Factors of our Annual Report on Form 10-K. These risk factors could materially impact our business, financial condition and/or operating results. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deem to be immaterial also may materially adversely impact our business, financial condition and/or operating results.

ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

The following table provides the information with respect to purchases made by us of shares of our common stock during each of the months during the three-month period ended September 30, 2019:



Period	(a) Total Number of Shares (or Units) Purchased		(b) Average Price Paid per Share (or Unit)		(c) Total Number of Shares (or Units) Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs	(d) Maximum Number (or Approximate Dollar Value) of Shares (or Units) That May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs
July 1, 2019 to July 31, 2019	37,291		$	131.27	—	$	—
August 1, 2019 to August 31, 2019	—		—		—	—
September 1, 2019 to September 30, 2019	—		—		—	—
	37,291	(1)	$	131.27	—	$	—


(1)	Includes shares of common stock surrendered to us by certain employees to satisfy tax withholding obligations in connection with the vesting of non-vested stock previously awarded to such employees under our 2008 and 2018 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plans.

ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

None.

ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

Not applicable.

ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION

None.

ITEM 6. EXHIBITS

The exhibits marked with the cross symbol (†) are filed and the exhibits marked with a double cross (††) are furnished with this Form 10-Q. Any exhibits marked with the asterisk symbol (*) are management contracts or compensatory plans or arrangements filed pursuant to Item 601(b)(10)(iii) of Regulation S-K.



Exhibit Number	Document Description	Report or Registration Statement	SEC File or Registration Number	Exhibit or Other Reference

3.1	Composite of Certificate of Incorporation of the Company inclusive of all amendments through June 14, 2007	The Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2007	0-24260	3.1

†3.2	Composite of By-Laws of the Company inclusive of all amendments through October 17, 2019

†10.1	Amedisys Holding, L.L.C. Amended and Restated Severance Plan for Executive Officers (inclusive of all amendments through July 25, 2019)

†31.1	Certification of Paul B. Kusserow, President and Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer), pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

†31.2	Certification of Scott G. Ginn, Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer), pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

††32.1	Certification of Paul B. Kusserow, President and Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer), pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

††32.2	Certification of Scott G. Ginn, Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer), pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

†101.INS	Inline XBRL Instance - The instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document.

†101.SCH	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document

†101.CAL	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document

†101.DEF	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase

†101.LAB	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase Document

†101.PRE	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

104	Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.




AMEDISYS, INC. (Registrant)

By:		/s/ SCOTT G. GINN
		Scott G. Ginn,
		Principal Financial Officer and
		Duly Authorized Officer

Date: October 30, 2019

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2018
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Payments to Acquire Investments		$ 210	$ 3,477
Medalogix [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Payments to Acquire Investments				$ 7,000
Related Party Transaction, Amounts of Transaction	$ 100	$ 200

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES - Narrative (Details) $ in Thousands								1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended				9 Months Ended		27 Months Ended
	Jun. 27, 2016 patient	Jan. 18, 2016 USD ($) claim	Nov. 03, 2015 patient	May 21, 2015 patient	Jan. 30, 2015	Apr. 23, 2014	Jun. 06, 2011 beneficiary	Aug. 31, 2017 USD ($) claim	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2010 beneficiary	Jan. 10, 2019 USD ($)
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Other General and Administrative Expense									$ 48,474		$ 40,335		$ 140,284	$ 124,119
Patient accounts receivable									254,703	$ 188,972			254,703
Health insurance retention limit													1,300
Workers compensation insurance retention limit													1,000
Professional liability insurance retention limit													300
South Carolina \| Hospice
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of beneficiaries \| beneficiary															30
Indemnity receivable related to amounts withheld prior to August 2009									2,800				2,800
Indemnity receivable											$ 4,900			$ 4,900		$ 2,800
Other General and Administrative Expense										$ 2,100
Indemnification amount																$ 2,800
South Carolina \| Hospice \| Extrapolated
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of beneficiaries \| beneficiary							16
South Carolina \| Hospice \| Unfavorable
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Recovery amount of overpayment made to subsidiary		$ 3,700
Recovery amount of overpayment made to subsidiary including interest		$ 5,600
Number of claims submitted by subsidiary \| claim		9
Recovery amount of over payment made to subsidiary including interest withheld									5,700				5,700
US Department of Justice \| Hospice
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Loss contingency accrual									6,500				6,500
US Department of Justice \| Massachusetts \| Hospice
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of patients \| patient				53
US Department of Justice \| Morgantown, West Virginia \| Hospice
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of patients \| patient			66
US Department of Justice \| Parkersburg, West Virginia \| Hospice
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of patients \| patient	68
Amedisys CIA
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Corporate integrity agreement term (years)						5 years
Compassionate Care Hospice CIA
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Corporate integrity agreement term (years)					5 years
Safeguard Zone Program Integrity Contractor \| Florida
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Loss contingency accrual									17,400				17,400
Indemnity receivable									10,900				10,900
Indemnification amount									12,600				12,600
Safeguard Zone Program Integrity Contractor \| Florida \| Infinity HomeCare
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Indemnification amount								$ 12,600
Safeguard Zone Program Integrity Contractor \| Florida \| Home Health
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Florida ZPIC revenue reduction												$ 6,500
Safeguard Zone Program Integrity Contractor \| Florida \| Home Health \| Minimum [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Recovery amount of overpayment made to subsidiary									6,500				6,500
Safeguard Zone Program Integrity Contractor \| Florida \| Home Health \| Maximum [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Recovery amount of overpayment made to subsidiary								38,800	29,300				29,300
Safeguard Zone Program Integrity Contractor \| Florida \| Home Health \| Infinity HomeCare
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Patient accounts receivable									1,500				1,500
Safeguard Zone Program Integrity Contractor \| Lakeland, Florida \| Home Health
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Recovery amount of overpayment made to subsidiary								$ 34,000	26,000				26,000
Number of claims submitted by subsidiary \| claim								72
Actual claims payment								$ 200
Error rate (percent)								100.00%
Safeguard Zone Program Integrity Contractor \| Clearwater, Florida \| Home Health
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Recovery amount of overpayment made to subsidiary								$ 4,800	$ 3,300				$ 3,300
Number of claims submitted by subsidiary \| claim								70
Actual claims payment								$ 200
Error rate (percent)								100.00%

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - Revenue Recognition Narrative (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($) visit	Sep. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)
Revenue Recognition, Multiple-deliverable Arrangements [Line Items]
Episode of care as episodic-based revenue (days)			60 days
Net service revenue episode payment rate (days)			60 days
Percentage of total reimbursement of outlier payment			10.00%
Low utilization payment adjustment, maximum number of visits			4
First threshold of therapy services required (visits)			6
Second threshold of therapy services required (visits)			14
Third threshold of therapy services required (visits)			20
Historical collection rate from Medicare			99.00%
Hospice Medicare revenue rate accounted for routine care	98.00%	98.00%	99.00%	97.00%
Minimum [Member]
Revenue Recognition, Multiple-deliverable Arrangements [Line Items]
Non-Medicare revenue term rates			90.00%
Maximum [Member]
Revenue Recognition, Multiple-deliverable Arrangements [Line Items]
Non-Medicare revenue term rates			100.00%
Home Health
Revenue Recognition, Multiple-deliverable Arrangements [Line Items]
Historical collection rate from Medicare			99.00%
Hospice
Revenue Recognition, Multiple-deliverable Arrangements [Line Items]
Historical collection rate from Medicare			99.00%
Cap Year 2013 Through 2019
Revenue Recognition, Multiple-deliverable Arrangements [Line Items]
Estimated amounts due back to Medicare \| $	$ 5.3		$ 5.3		$ 1.7
Medicare Revenue \| Revenue from Contract with Customer
Revenue Recognition, Multiple-deliverable Arrangements [Line Items]
Percent of net services revenue	74.00%	73.00%	74.00%	74.00%
Compassionate Care Hospice [Member] \| Cap Year 2013 Through 2019
Revenue Recognition, Multiple-deliverable Arrangements [Line Items]
Estimated amounts due back to Medicare \| $	$ 1.9		$ 1.9

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Details)	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Debt Instrument Carrying Amount Excluding Capital Leases	$ 240,600,000
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Fair Value	0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Fair Value	236,000,000.0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Fair Value	$ 0

LEASES Weighted Average Remaining Term and Discount Rate (Details)	Sep. 30, 2019
Leases [Abstract]
Operating leases, Weighted average remaining term	4 years
Finance leases, Weighted average remaining term	2 years 3 months 18 days
Operating leases, Weighted average discount rate	4.00%
Finance leases, Weighted average discount rate	5.30%


(a)	No business (including nominating persons to be elected or re-elected to the Corporation’s Board of Directors) may be transacted at an annual meeting of the Corporation’s stockholders other than business that is:


(i)	specified in a notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the Corporation’s Board of Directors or an authorized committee thereof;


(ii)	otherwise brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the Corporation’s Board of Directors or an authorized committee thereof; or


(A)	by a stockholder who was a stockholder of record at the time of giving notice provided in Section 2.8 and at the time of the meeting and who is entitled to vote at the meeting on such business (including electing or re-electing persons to the Corporation’s Board of Directors) (a “Record Holder”); and


(B)	who complies with the notice procedures set forth in Section 2.8 (any such Record Holder being hereafter referred to as a “Noticing Stockholder”).


(i)	by or at the direction of the Corporation’s Board of Directors or an authorized committee thereof; or


(ii)	provided that the Board of Directors has determined that directors are to be elected at such special meeting, by a Noticing Stockholder who complies with the notice procedures set forth in Section 2.8.


(a)	To be timely, a Noticing Stockholder’s notice required by these By-Laws must be delivered to the Secretary at the Corporation’s principal executive offices in proper written form:


(c)	To be in proper form, whether in regard to nominating persons to be elected or re-elected to the Corporation’s Board of Directors or any other business, a Noticing Stockholder’s written notice required by these By-Laws must completely and accurately:


(i)	Set forth, as to each Noticing Stockholder and, if a Noticing Stockholder holds for the benefit of another, the beneficial owner on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made (any Noticing Stockholder or such beneficial owner a “Holder” and, collectively, “Holders”), the following information together with a representation as to the completeness and accuracy of the information:


(A)	(i) the name and address of the Noticing Stockholder as they appear on the Corporation’s books and the residence address (if different from the Corporation’s books) of the Noticing Stockholder, (ii) if the Noticing Stockholder holds for the benefit of another, the name and


(B)	the class or series and number of shares of the Corporation that are, directly or indirectly, owned beneficially or of record by each Holder and each Holder Associated Person covered by this Section 2.8(c)(i), and the date such ownership was acquired;


(C)	a description of any Derivative Instrument that is directly or indirectly owned beneficially by any Holder or Holder Associated Person and any other direct or indirect opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived from any increase or decrease in the value of shares or other securities of the Corporation;


(D)	any proxy, contract, arrangement, understanding, or relationship pursuant to which any Holder or Holder Associated Person has a right to vote or has granted a right to vote any securities (including the shares of common stock) of the Corporation;


(E)	a description of any Hedging Transaction entered into by or on behalf of any Holder or Holder Associated Person;


(F)	any rights to dividends or other distributions on the shares or other securities of the Corporation owned beneficially by any Holder or Holder Associated Person that are separated or separable from the underlying shares or other securities of the Corporation;


(H)	any performance-related fees (other than an asset-based fee) that any Holder or Holder Associated Person is entitled to based on any increase or decrease in the value of shares or other securities of the Corporation or Derivative Instruments, if any;


(I)	a representation that the Noticing Stockholder intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to nominate the persons named or


(ii)	If a Noticing Stockholder’s notice required by these By-Laws relates to any business other than the nomination of one or more persons to be elected or re-elected to the Corporation’s Board of Directors that is proposed to be brought before the meeting, the notice also must set forth:


(A)	a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting (including the specific text of any resolutions or actions proposed for consideration and if such business includes the proposal to amend the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation or By-Laws, the specific language of the proposed amendment) and the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting; and


(B)	a description of all direct and indirect agreements, arrangements or understandings between the Holder, any Holder Associated Person and any other Person (including their names) in connection with the proposal of such business by the Holder and any material direct or indirect interest of the Holder, any Holder Associated Person or any such other Person in such business.


(iii)	If a Noticing Stockholder’s notice required by these By-Laws relates to the nomination of a person (each such person a “Nominee” and collectively, “Nominees”) to be elected or re-elected to the Corporation’s Board of Directors, the written notice, as to each Nominee, also must:


(A)	set forth the Nominee’s name, age, business and residence address and principal occupation or employment and the class or series and


(B)	set forth a description (including party names) of any agreements, arrangements or understandings (including financial transactions) between or among the Holder, any Holder Associated Person or any Nominee, on the one hand, and any other Persons (including any Holder Associated Person and any Nominee), on the other hand, in connection with the Nominee’s nomination; and


(d)	In addition to the other terms that are defined in these By-Laws, for purposes of these By-Laws, the following terms shall have the respective meanings ascribed thereto:


(i)	“Affiliate” means a Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, another specified Person.


(ii)	“Associate” means, with respect to a specified Person:


(A)	any corporation or organization of which that Person is an officer or partner or of which that Person is, directly or indirectly, the beneficial owner of ten percent (10%) or more of any class of equity securities;


(B)	any trust or other estate in which that Person has a substantial beneficial interest or as to which such Person serves as trustee or in a similar fiduciary capacity; or


(iii)	“Control” means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management policies of a person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract, or otherwise.